15 Facts About Junior Bridgeman

Junior Bridgeman attended Washington High School and was a member of their 1971 basketball team, which went undefeated and won the Indiana state high school basketball championship.

Junior Bridgeman was the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in 1974 and 1975.

Junior Bridgeman improved, averaging 14.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists.

Nelson and Junior Bridgeman were together for the next eight seasons.

Junior Bridgeman was used by Nelson as a complement to teammates Bob Dandridge, Marques Johnson, Sidney Moncrief, Bob Lanier, Quinn Buckner, Myers, Winters and Mickey Johnson during his Milwaukee tenure, as the Bucks had powerful teams, winning division titles in 1980,1981,1982,1983 and 1984.

On January 29,1985, Junior Bridgeman scored 30 points in a loss against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Junior Bridgeman played in 711 games for the Bucks, at the time the most in franchise history.

Junior Bridgeman was a sixth man for most of his career, averaging double figures in scoring for nine consecutive seasons.

Junior Bridgeman served as the president of the National Basketball Players Association from 1985 to 1988.

On May 26,2022, Manna Capital Partners, an investment firm cofounded by Junior Bridgeman, announced that the firm had partnered with Ball Corporation to construct and operate an integrated secondary aluminum mill in Los Lunas, New Mexico.

In 2008, the PGA of America appointed Junior Bridgeman to serve on the PGA Board of Directors.

Junior Bridgeman was a member of the Simmons College of Kentucky board of trustees.

Junior Bridgeman was honored numerous times at Bucks games following his retirement, and made regular appearances at Bucks games for bobblehead nights and autograph signings during charity donation-drive events.

Junior Bridgeman was a member of the Louisville megachurch Southeast Christian Church.

Junior Bridgeman died in Louisville on March 11,2025, after suffering a heart attack at an event at the Galt House Hotel.