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Guard · 1979–80

Duck Williams

One line in the NBA register is nearly all that survives of Duck Williams' career: Utah Jazz, 1979–80. Born Donald Edgar Williams in Washington, D.C., in 1956, he reached the league for a single season.

Careers this brief leave almost no paper trail, which makes Williams exactly the kind of Jazzman this archive was built to find — a name on the roster that few remember and fewer have ever thought to ask for a signature.

HOW HE CAME & WENTNew Orleans drafted him 96th overall in 1978. He did not make the roster that year and debuted on October 12, 1979, by which point the franchise had moved to Salt Lake City.

Full name
Donald Edgar Williams
Utah Jazz tenure
1979–80
Position
Guard
Born
1956, Washington, D.C.
Height
6′2″ (188 cm)
Weight
181 lb (82 kg)
College
Notre Dame
Drafted
1978
Signatures in the archive
  • DON 1990 Greats card #19 Notre Dame Irish
  • 1979-80 Utah Jazz Team-Signed Posterboard 11x14

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

DUCK WILLIAMS · 1979–80 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1979–80UTA7723.36.61.42.41.30.1.447.000.700
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON7723.36.61.42.41.30.1.447.000.700

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

DUCK WILLIAMS · 4 NOTES
  • Played at Notre Dame with a group that famously ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak era teams.
  • Born in Demopolis, Alabama, he grew up in Washington, D.C., and played at Mackin High, one of the city's strongest programs.
  • Drafted 96th overall by the New Orleans Jazz in 1978, he did not make the roster, then reached the league a year later with the same club in Utah.
  • His one NBA season was a full one — 77 games in 1979-80, averaging 6.6 points and 2.4 assists.