Bobby Dandridge

Bob Dandridge
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Robert Dandridge Shooting guard / Small forward
Born: November 15, 1947 (1947-11-15) (age 61)
Richmond, Virginia
Nationality USA
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
College Norfolk State University
Draft 45th overall 4th round, 1969
Milwaukee Bucks
Pro career 1969–1982
Former teams Milwaukee Bucks (1969–1977)
Washington Bullets (1977–1981)
Milwaukee Bucks {1981–1982)
Awards NBA Champions: Milwaukee Bucks (1971)
Washington Bullets (1978)
Robert L. "Bob" Dandridge (born November 15, 1947 in Richmond, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player out of Norfolk State University and Maggie L. Walker High School in Richmond, Virginia. He was drafted by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1969 American Basketball Association draft and by the Milwaukee Bucks in the fourth round of the 1969 NBA Draft.[1]

Named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1970, Dandridge was also an important part of the Milwaukee Bucks team that won the NBA championship in 1971 alongside the Hall-of-Fame duo of Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Oscar Robertson. Dandridge is usually mentioned as one of the NBA's best forwards in 1970s. He played a total 13 seasons in the NBA, nine of them with the Bucks as well as four with the Washington Bullets, with whom he won an NBA championship in 1978 while forming the frontcourt with another future Hall-of-Fame duo: Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld.

In his career he averaged 18.5 points per game over 839 regular season games and 20 points per game in 98 playoff games and was a 4 time NBA all star. His dunk in Game 7 of the 1978 Finals sealed the Bullets championship victory.

After retiring as a player, Dandridge served as an assistant coach at Hampton University from 1987 to 1992. Today, he lives in Norfolk, Virginia and conducts basketball clinics. [2]