Bill Bridges, a Kansas University basketball All-American in 1961, will be honored at halftime of Saturday's Kansas-Oklahoma game in Allen Fieldhouse.
Bridges, who lives in Santa Monica, Calif., will be presented a Kansas Hall of Fame portrait during the ceremony.
Bridges came to KU from Hobbs, N.M. As a Jayhawk, he became the first player in Big Six-Seven-Eight history to top 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds during a three-year career. He was all-conference for three seasons and was named All-American as a senior in 1961.
The 6-foot-5, 235-pounder left KU with a three-year scoring average of 13.2 points and 13.9 rebounds. He recorded double-doubles during all three of his seasons at KU.
Bridges later played a season with the old ABA Kansas City Steers, then had a 12-year NBA career with St. Louis, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Golden State. He scored more than 10,000 points and captured more than 10,000 rebounds as a professional and made three all-star teams.
The annual award given to KU's top rebounder carries his name.
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