1. Joseph Bergman was born on c 1947 and is an American former basketball player and psychiatrist.
20 Facts About Joe Bergman
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Joe Bergman was a highly recruited prospect while playing at St Mary's High School in his hometown of Clinton, Iowa, and is considered one of Iowa's best high school basketball players.
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Joe Bergman was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association but elected to pursue a career in psychiatry over playing professional basketball.
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Joe Bergman worked at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire, for 24 years until his retirement in 2015.
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Joe Bergman's father was an aluminium plant worker and his mother was a homemaker.
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Joe Bergman was a three-time all-state selection and named a first-team Parade All-American during his senior season.
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Joe Bergman received 150 athletic scholarship offers from teams including the North Carolina Tar Heels, Kentucky Wildcats and the UCLA Bruins but he decided to stay in his home state and play for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Joe Bergman elected to transfer to the Creighton Bluejays after only having played 12 games with the Hawkeyes.
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However, Joe Bergman still had a semester left of eligibility and elected to return to the Bluejays in an attempt to earn a higher draft selection for the 1971 NBA draft.
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Bluejays head coach Eddie Sutton believed that Joe Bergman would have great potential as a professional player due to his shooting and defensive abilities, calling him the "finest defensive player" and "the most energetic hustler".
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Joe Bergman graduated in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in political science and a minor in psychology.
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Joe Bergman was selected in the 1971 NBA draft as the 31st overall pick by the Cincinnati Royals.
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Joe Bergman played in the 1971 preseason with the Royals, but felt like he was used out of position at center instead of his natural power forward by head coach Bob Cousy.
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Joe Bergman enrolled at Xavier University and pursued a master's in psychology.
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Joe Bergman applied to numerous medical schools and was accepted by the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico where he became fluent in Spanish as English was not spoken at the school.
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Joe Bergman received his medical degree in 1980 and found employment at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Joe Bergman worked there for five years alongside colleagues including Fred Berlin and John Money.
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Joe Bergman then worked at Taylor Manor in nearby Ellicott City, Maryland, but later chose to move to a safer area to raise his son.
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In 1991, Joe Bergman moved to Keene, New Hampshire, and was appointed medical director of the mental health unit at the Cheshire Medical Center.
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Joe Bergman worked there for 24 years until his retirement in 2015.