Jake Bergey (born May 4, 1974 in
Covington, Kentucky
Covington is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States, located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking Rivers. Cincinnati, Ohio, lies to its immediate north across the Ohio and Newport, to its east across the Licking ...
) is a retired
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...
player. Bergey played ten seasons for the
Philadelphia Wings in the
National Lacrosse League
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The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United States and five in Canada. The N ...
. Bergey is the son of former
NFL star
Bill Bergey
William Earl Bergey (born February 9, 1945) is a former American football linebacker who played professionally for 12 seasons, most notably with the Philadelphia Eagles of National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals ...
,
and brother of fellow lacrosse player Josh Bergey.
NLL
Bergey joined the
Philadelphia Wings in 1998. Bergey quickly became a fan favorite, wearing #66, the same number his father wore with the
Philadelphia Eagles
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where he was a star
linebacker
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. He was a member of both the
1998
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Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
&
2001 National Lacrosse League
Champion's Cup
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Winners
Most Valuable Players
All-time Finals appearances since leagu ...
Wings teams. Bergey was an alternate captain for the Wings from 2001 to 2007. and was Captain for the 2004 season. At the end of the
2007 season, Bergey was the second leading scorer in Wings history.
After playing 10 years for the Wings, Bergey was chosen by Boston coach and former teammate
Tom Ryan in the
2007 National Lacrosse League expansion draft The National Lacrosse League expansion draft is a meeting where the general managers of expansion National Lacrosse League teams begin to fill their teams with unprotected players from the rosters of existing NLL teams. Such a draft occurs whenever ...
. Subsequent to the draft, Boston put the "franchise tag" on him to retain his rights for the 2008 season. Boston drafted Bergey even though he had off-season knee surgery and was considering retirement.
Bergey has stated that he has no intention of playing outside of Philadelphia. In the
Philadelphia Daily News, Bergey was quoted as saying
During the
2007 Entry Draft, Bergey was traded back to the Wings in exchange for two late round draft picks.
After the Blazers sat out the 2008 season, another expansion draft was held, and again Bergey was chosen by Boston. However, in February 2009, he was traded back to the Wings for a conditional draft pick so that he could retire as a member of the only team he had ever played for.
MLL
In
2001 &
2002, Bergey played in
Major League Lacrosse
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for the
Rochester Rattlers
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* Rochester, Victoria
Canada
* Rochester, Alberta
United Kingdom
* Rochester, Kent
**City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area
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.
[ In 2003, he was limited to one game with the ]Baltimore Bayhawks
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due to injury a knee injury that also forced him to miss the entire 2003 NLL season. He has not played in the MLL since.
Collegiate
Jake scored five goals in the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship game as a freshman at Salisbury State University
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Salisbury University offers 42 distinct undergraduate and 14 ...
in 1995, helping the team win its second-ever NCAA Division III national title.Tatnall School
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The school is for studen ...
.
Statistics
NLL
MLL
Salisbury University
References
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1974 births
Living people
American lacrosse players
National Lacrosse League All-Stars
Sportspeople from Covington, Kentucky
Philadelphia Wings players
Salisbury Sea Gulls men's lacrosse players