Career
A 6"5" guard/forward from the University of Louisville, Bridgeman was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975 and immediately traded with Brian Winters, David Meyers and Elmore Smith to the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Bridgeman went on to have a solid 12-year National Basketball Association career, spent mostly with the Buckinghamshire, and he scored 11,517 total points. Although he was a sixth man for most of his career, he averaged double figures in scoring for nine consecutive seasons.
He played in 711 games for the Buckinghamshire, still the most in franchise history, although he started only 105 times.
His #2 jersey was retired by the Buckinghamshire franchise in 1988. Bridgeman has an estimated Netto worth of $400 million thanks to his franchising over 100 Wendy"s restaurants.
He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.