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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 Bob Hansen: 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.
An Iowa kid through and through — a state title at Des Moines Dowling, the 1980 Final Four with the Hawkeyes — Hansen went 54th to Utah in 1983 and stayed seven seasons, a starter by 1985–86 who never missed the playoffs as a Jazzman. The 1990 trade that brought Jeff Malone to Utah sent him to Sacramento.
His last season was the sweetest. Backing up Michael Jordan on the 1991–92 Bulls, he opened the fourth quarter of Finals Game 6 with a three-pointer and a steal that sparked the title-winning comeback. He retired with the ring and went home to broadcast Iowa Hawkeyes basketball, which he still does.
HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah drafted him 54th overall in 1983 and he gave the club seven seasons. In June 1990 he and Eric Leckner went to Sacramento in the three-team deal built to bring Jeff Malone in — a third scorer beside Stockton and Karl Malone.
- Full name
- Robert Louis Hansen II
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 1983–90
- Position
- Guard
- Born
- 1961, Des Moines, Iowa
- Height
- 6′6″ (198 cm)
- Weight
- 190 lb (86 kg)
- College
- Iowa
- Drafted
- 1983, 3rd round, Utah
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
BOB HANSEN · 1983–90 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–84 | UTA | 55 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | .448 | .000 | .643 |
| 1984–85 | UTA | 54 | 12.0 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .489 | .143 | .556 |
| 1985–86 | UTA | 82 | 24.8 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | .476 | .340 | .720 |
| 1986–87 | UTA | 72 | 20.2 | 9.7 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | .453 | .356 | .760 |
| 1987–88 | UTA | 81 | 22.2 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | .517 | .330 | .743 |
| 1988–89 | UTA | 46 | 21.0 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | .467 | .352 | .560 |
| 1989–90 | UTA | 81 | 26.8 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | .467 | .351 | .516 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 7 SEASONS | 471 | 20.1 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | .477 | .335 | .679 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
BOB HANSEN · 8 NOTES- Won an NBA title with the Chicago Bulls in 1992, two years after leaving Utah.
- A third-round pick who lasted nine seasons in the league.
- Has spent decades as the color analyst on Iowa Hawkeyes basketball broadcasts, back where his career began.
- A New Year's Eve punch from teammate Bart Kofoed broke his cheekbone in 1989 and cost Kofoed his roster spot.
- He sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame at Wrigley Field during a Cubs seventh-inning stretch in 2012.
- As a freshman at Iowa he reached the 1980 Final Four on a Hawkeyes team that beat Georgetown by a single point.
- He was named NBA Player of the Week in March 1986, one of three Jazz players honored that season along with Stockton and Malone.
- He was the only Bull without a 1991 ring, and when he handed Jordan the 1992 game ball Jordan told him he had promised to get him one.