Andrew Bridge (basketball)

{{short description|British professional basketball player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Other people|Andrew Bridge|Andrew Bridge (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Andrew Bridge

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| position = Shooting guard

| height_m = 1.93

| weight_kg = 86.36

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|10|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England

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| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2013

| years1 = 1999–2000

| team1 = Mansfield Express

| years2 = 2000–2002

| team2 = Sheffield Sharks

| years3 = 2002–2012

| team3 = Newcastle Eagles

| years4 = 2012–2013

| team4 = Sheffield Sharks

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{{Medal|Sport|Men's basketball}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2006 Melbourne|Team}}

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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.{{cite news |url=http://www.newcastle-eagles.com/Players.asp?Pid=159 |title=Andrew Bridge – Newcastle Eagles |accessdate=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210030657/http://www.newcastle-eagles.com/Players.asp?Pid=159 |archivedate=10 December 2010}} Bridge is the current captain of Newcastle Eagles.{{cite news |url=http://www.bbl.org.uk/?time-out-with-andrew-bridge |title=TIME OUT With Andrew Bridge – British Basketball League |accessdate=31 December 2010}}

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. 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.188-basketball.co.uk/content/feedstory/bbl-team-bios-newcastle-eagles.html |title=Newcastle Eagles – BBL Team Bios |accessdate=27 March 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

"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".

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.{{cite news |url=http://bbl.org.uk/?bridge-andrew,1157 |title=Bridge, Andrew – British Basketball League |accessdate=27 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415135917/http://www.bbl.org.uk/?bridge-andrew,1157 |archive-date=15 April 2011 |url-status=dead}}

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