Darrell Griffith

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 Darrell Griffith: 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.

Dr. Dunkenstein arrived in Salt Lake City as the second overall pick in 1980, fresh off carrying his hometown Louisville Cardinals to their first NCAA title and collecting the Wooden Award. Asked to replace Pete Maravich, he averaged 20.6 points and won Rookie of the Year, then reinvented himself as a shooter — leading the NBA in three-point percentage in 1983–84 and twice setting the single-season record for threes made. All 12,391 of his career points came in a Jazz uniform, and the club retired his number 35 in 1993.

Griffith never really left Louisville. In later years he returned to his alma mater as special assistant to the university president, and then as a university ambassador.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him second overall in 1980 to replace Pete Maravich at the box office, and he never played for another NBA club. In October 1991 he asked Larry Miller to waive him — he believed he had two or three seasons left and wanted the chance to catch on elsewhere. Nobody signed him.

Full name

Darrell Steven Griffith

Utah Jazz tenure

1980–91

Position

Guard

Born

1958, Louisville, Kentucky

Height

6′4″ (193 cm)

Weight

190 lb (86 kg)

College

Louisville

Drafted

1980, 1st round (No. 2), Utah