Jeff Nordgaard

Jeff Nordgaard
Personal information
Born	February 23, 1973 (age 51); Dawson, Minnesota
Nationality	American / Polish
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Dawson-Boyd (Dawson, Minnesota)
College	Green Bay (1992–1996)
NBA draft	1996: 2nd round, 53rd overall pick
	Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career	1996–2009
Position	Small forward
Career history
1996	Dijon
1997	Patronato Bilbao
1997	Milwaukee Bucks
1997–1998	Fort Wayne Fury
1998–1999	Viola Reggio Calabria
1999–2000	Besançon
2000	Indiana Legends
2000–2001	Chalon
2001–2003	Anwil Włocławek
2003–2004	Polonia Warsaw
2004	Roseto
2004–2005	Olympiacos
2005	Polonia Warsaw
2005–2007	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2007–2009	AZS Koszalin
Career highlights and awards
	Horizon League Player of the Year (1996);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jeff Wallace Nordgaard (born February 23, 1973) is an American-born naturalized Polish former professional basketball player.

When playing basketball at Dawson-Boyd High School in Minnesota, in 1991 Nordgaard became the first player in Minnesota state history to achieve a quadruple double.^[1] After playing college basketball for the Green Bay Phoenix at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Nordgaard was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 1996 NBA draft. He began his professional career in Europe, spending the 1996-97 season with two clubs, Dijon (France) and Patronato Bilbao (Spain 2nd). The following season, he briefly played for the Bucks before finishing the season with the CBA's Fort Wayne Fury.

Nordgaard then returned to Europe, first going to Viola Reggio Calabria in Italy for the 1998-99 season, where he was a teammate of future NBA star Manu Ginobili. The next season, he returned to France with Besançon. Nordgaard briefly returned to America in 2000 with the Indiana Legends in the ABA before he signed a contract that brought him back to France with Chalon.

In 2001, Nordgaard went to Poland, joining Anwil Włocławek. He then moved to Polonia Warsaw in 2003. Nordgaard was especially well-traveled in the 2004-05 season, first returning to Italy to play for Roseto, transferring to Greek power Olympiacos, and finally ending the season back at Polonia. The following year, he signed with another Polish club, Prokom Trefl Sopot, and stayed there through the 2006-07 season. Nordgaard moved to AZS Koszalin for the 2007-08 season and decided to stay for the 2008-2009 season.

During his time in Poland, Nordgaard took out Polish citizenship, and played for the Polish national team.

References

^ Minnesota State High School League http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/records.asp?actnum=402

[1] Minnesota State High School League http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/records.asp?actnum=402

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