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One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Allan Bristow: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.
Virginia Tech still keeps his numbers on the wall — the 1973 NIT championship, a school-record 52-point game, a 23.1-point career average, a retired jersey. Philadelphia drafted the forward they called Disco in the second round in 1973, and across ten NBA and ABA seasons he passed through the Sixers and Spurs before joining New Orleans as a free agent in 1979. A 1981 trade sent him to Dallas, where he retired in 1983.
The second career outdid the first: five years as Charlotte Hornets head coach brought the franchise's first playoff series win and a 50-victory season, and he later ran basketball operations for the New Orleans Hornets. The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame inducted him in 1997.
HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed with New Orleans as a veteran free agent on June 28, 1979, with Paul Griffin going to San Antonio as compensation. In August 1981 he and Wayne Cooper were traded to Dallas for Bill Robinzine.
- Full name
- Allan Mercer Bristow Jr.
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 1979–81
- Position
- Forward
- Born
- 1951, Richmond, Virginia
- Height
- 6′7″ (201 cm)
- Weight
- 209 lb (95 kg)
- College
- Virginia Tech
- Drafted
- 1973, 2nd round, Philadelphia
A card. A photo. A program. A page from an old autograph book. Anything he put his name on.
You do not need to know what it is. Take a photo with your phone and send it to me. I will tell you what you have, for free, whether or not anything comes of it. I pay the postage both ways. I answer every message myself, usually the same day.
With the Jazz
ALLAN BRISTOW · 1979–81 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–80 | UTA | 82 | 28.1 | 11.6 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | .480 | .286 | .811 |
| 1980–81 | UTA | 82 | 24.4 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | .444 | .278 | .838 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 2 SEASONS | 164 | 26.2 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | .464 | .280 | .823 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
ALLAN BRISTOW · 6 NOTES- He went by one of the great 1970s nicknames — Disco.
- He scored in double figures in every one of his 78 games at Virginia Tech, still a school record.
- A left-hander, he averaged 27.3 points and 17.1 rebounds on Virginia Tech's freshman team, back when first-year men were barred from varsity.
- He played in the ABA for the San Antonio Spurs and stayed with the club right through the 1976 merger.
- He spent six seasons as Doug Moe's assistant in Denver before Charlotte hired him to run its basketball operations.
- His 1994-95 Hornets won a franchise-record 50 games with Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning up front.