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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 Dell Curry: 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.
Long before his sons redefined shooting, Dell Curry honed his stroke in his coach's barn in rural Virginia. The Jazz drafted the Virginia Tech star 15th overall in 1986 but kept him just one season before trading him to Cleveland — and Charlotte grabbed him in the 1988 expansion draft. There he became the Hornets' beloved sixth man, winning the award in 1993–94 and retiring as the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 9,839 points. Charlotte retired his number 30 in 2026.
Curry built his post-playing life in Charlotte too — a youth foundation begun in 1998, years as the Hornets' television color commentator, and fatherhood to NBA players Stephen and Seth.
HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 15th overall in 1986 and he averaged 4.9 points in 9.5 minutes as a rookie. In October 1987 the Jazz traded him and Kent Benson to Cleveland for Mel Turpin and Darryl Dawkins, wanting insurance behind Mark Eaton.
- Full name
- Wardell Stephen Curry Sr.
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 1986–87
- Position
- Guard
- Born
- 1964, Harrisonburg, Virginia
- Height
- 6′4″ (193 cm)
- Weight
- 190 lb (86 kg)
- College
- Virginia Tech
- Drafted
- 1986, 1st round (No. 15), 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
DELL CURRY · 1986–87 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–87 | UTA | 67 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .426 | .283 | .789 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 1 SEASON | 67 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .426 | .283 | .789 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
DELL CURRY · 9 NOTES- NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 1994.
- A gifted pitcher, he was drafted by baseball's Texas Rangers in 1982 and by the Orioles in 1985.
- Accepted a Charlotte assistant coaching job in 2007 but stepped down before the season began so he could attend his sons' games.
- He pitched in the minor leagues for the Gastonia Rangers, with future NBA teammate Muggsy Bogues playing second base behind him.
- He left Virginia Tech second in school history with 2,389 points and remains its all-time steals leader, all without a college three-point line.
- In 1995 the Currys opened a Montessori school in Huntersville, North Carolina, which still serves toddlers through sixth grade.
- Frank Layden explained the trade plainly: 'I felt last season we were very fragile if anything happened to Mark Eaton.'
- Of the Jazz veterans he watched as a rookie, Curry said in 2018 that they 'set the stage for me of how to go about myself in the league and be a pro.'
- All seven players in the October 1987 trade were former first-round picks, and none of them had been a starter at the end of the previous season.