Education
Born in Richmond, Virginia, he attended Maggie L. Walker High School in Richmond and Norfolk State University, teaming up with Pee Wee Kirkland.
Born in Richmond, Virginia, he attended Maggie L. Walker High School in Richmond and Norfolk State University, teaming up with Pee Wee Kirkland.
His teams had phenomenal years. The next year their record was 21-4 and they lost in the first round of the Doctorate-II tournament. He was drafted by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1969 American Basketball Association draft and by the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire in the fourth round of the 1969 National Basketball Association Draft.
Dandridge is usually mentioned as one of the National Basketball Association"s best forwards in the 1970s.
In his career he averaged 18.5 points per game over 839 regular season games and 20 points per game in 98 playoff games and was a 4-time National Basketball Association all star. His dunk in Game 7 of the 1978 Finals sealed the Bullets championship victory.
In 1992, Dandridge was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. After retiring as a player, Dandridge served as an assistant coach at Hampton University from 1987 to 1992.
Today, he lives in Norfolk, Virginia and conducts basketball clinics.