Bill Bridges (basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American basketball player
Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1939
Place of Birth: Hobbs, New Mexico, United States
Date of Death: 25-Sep-2015
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Bill Bridges (basketball)
- William C.
- Bridges (April 4, 1939 – September 25, 2015) was an American basketball player. A 6'6" power forward from Hobbs, New Mexico, Bridges played collegiately for the University of Kansas.
- At Kansas, he averaged 13.2 points and 13.9 rebounds per game, was chosen All-Big Eight three seasons, and was an All-American in 1961.Bridges played for the Kansas City Steers of the American Basketball League prior to entering the NBA.
- Bridges led the ABL in rebounding during both seasons he played for the Steers, and led the league in scoring during his second season.
- He set the ABL single-game scoring record with 55 points on December 9, 1962.
- The league folded at the end of 1962, and the Steers were declared ABL champions. Bridges then entered the National Basketball Association and spent 13 seasons (1962–1975) as a member of the St.
- Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors.
- Bridges won an NBA Championship with the Warriors in 1975 and appeared in three All-Star Games during the course of his career.
- Though somewhat undersized for his position, Bridges was a strong rebounder and averaged a double-double (11.9 points, 11.9 rebounds) over the course of his NBA career.
- He is also the only player besides Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Willis Reed to record more than 35 rebounds in a playoff game.
- Bridges' league leading 366 personal fouls during the 1967–68 season was, at the time, an NBA record.Bridges died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 76 following a battle with cancer.
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