Andrew Bridge (basketball)
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Andrew Bridge (born 5 October 1979) is a British professional basketball player. Bridge is a 6 ft 4 in shooting guard.[1] Bridge is the current captain of Newcastle Eagles.[2]
Biography
The 6 ft 3in shooting guard started his career with Mansfield Express in 1999 in the English Basketball League, before stepping up to Professional Basketball with the Sheffield Sharks in 2000.[1] In 2002, the England and Great Britain International moved further North to play for the Newcastle Eagles.
Andrew was part of the Bronze Medal-winning England Basketball Team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia and completed a successful season with the Newcastle Eagles "clean sweep" of Championships in 2006.[3]
"A shooting guard, he can also handle the ball competently and is best known for his solid defence and smart basketball brain. A real all-rounder and rapidly becoming the glue that helps hold the team together".[1]
As of 27 March 2011 the official British Basketball League website shows Bridge has played 324 games, with averages of 7.47 Points Per Game, 2.97 Rebounds Per Game and 0.97 Assists Per Game.[4]
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in basketball
- English men's basketball players
- Newcastle Eagles players
- Sheffield Sharks players
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Chesterfield, Derbyshire
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games