Carl Kilpatrick

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 Carl Kilpatrick: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you have a better example of his signature, or a story about it, the note at the foot of this page still stands.

An eighth-round flyer by New Orleans in 1978 out of Northeast Louisiana, Kilpatrick averaged 18.5 points and 14 rebounds in the summer league yet was cut before the season. He went to the Montana Sky of the Western Basketball Association, re-signed with the Jazz in September 1979, and spent most of that year on the injured list — his NBA record is two late-season games.

In 1980–81 the 6-foot-10 center took his game to Finland, winning silver medals with Tampereen Pyrinto. His son Austin later played for Idaho State.

HOW HE CAME & WENTNew Orleans drafted him 158th overall in the eighth round of 1978, and he signed with the club again in September 1979 — by then it had moved to Salt Lake City. Utah waived him on July 28, 1980.

Utah Jazz tenure

1979–80

Position

Center

Born

1956, Bastrop, Louisiana

Height

6′10″ (208 cm)

Weight

229 lb (104 kg)

College

Northeast Louisiana

Drafted

1978, 8th round (No. 158), New Orleans