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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 Felton Spencer: 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.
Louisville produced him, and Louisville mourned him. Felton Spencer set the Cardinals' career field goal percentage record before Minnesota took him sixth overall in 1990, and a 1993 trade brought him to Utah as Mark Eaton's successor in the middle. He averaged 8.6 points and 8.3 rebounds in his first Jazz season, but a ruptured Achilles in 1994–95 cost him the heart of his prime while Utah won 60 games without him.
After retiring in 2002 he went home, coaching as an assistant at Spalding University and then at Bellarmine in Louisville. Spencer died at University of Louisville Hospital in March 2023, at 55.
HOW HE CAME & WENTMinnesota traded him to Utah for Mike Brown in 1993 and he took the pivot from the retiring Mark Eaton, until a ruptured Achilles 34 games into 1994-95. Utah dealt him to Orlando in August 1996 for Brooks Thompson, Kenny Gattison and a first-round pick, keeping Greg Ostertag at centre.
- Full name
- Felton LaFrance Spencer
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 1993–96
- Position
- Center
- Born
- 1968, Louisville, Kentucky
- Died
- 2023
- Height
- 7′0″ (213 cm)
- Weight
- 265 lb (120 kg)
- College
- Louisville
- Drafted
- 1990, 1st round (No. 6), Minnesota
A card. A photo. A program. A page from an old autograph book. Anything he put his name on.
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With the Jazz
FELTON SPENCER · 1993–96 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–94 | UTA | 79 | 28.0 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .505 | — | .607 |
| 1994–95 | UTA | 34 | 26.6 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .488 | — | .793 |
| 1995–96 | UTA | 71 | 17.8 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .520 | — | .689 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 3 SEASONS | 184 | 23.8 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .505 | — | .674 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
FELTON SPENCER · 7 NOTES- Remembered around the league as one of its gentlest people — tributes after his death in 2023 spoke more about the man than the player.
- His Timberwolves rookie shot-blocking record stood until Kevin Garnett arrived five years later.
- Around Louisville the 7-foot, 265-pound center went by the nickname Chief.
- A Louisville writer remembered him signing a card for a boy after an exhibition at Freedom Hall, and being just as gracious decades later.
- As a Minnesota rookie he pulled down 272 offensive rebounds, seventh most in the entire league.
- He played exactly one game for Orlando in 1996 before being traded again, to Golden State.
- Of the ruptured Achilles he said 'I was having a great season that year, and I always thought if I hadn't gotten hurt... I thought I could've been that X factor.'