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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 Francisco Elson: 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.
The first Dutchman ever to win an NBA championship, Francisco Elson earned his ring with the 2007 San Antonio Spurs, eight years after Denver drafted the Cal center in the second round. Utah signed him to a two-year contract in 2010, one of the last stops in a career that began at age twelve in Rotterdam.
Basketball nearly lost him early — he quit the game as a boy after his older brother Patrick died of a heart attack on court at 21, returning only when a schoolteacher coaxed him back. Elson captained the Dutch national team across 60 caps and speaks four languages.
HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed a guaranteed two-year contract on September 15, 2010 and played 62 games as a defensive-minded backup big under Jerry Sloan and then Tyrone Corbin — his last substantial NBA season. He was a free agent again by January 2012.
- Full name
- Francisco Marinho Robby Elson
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 2010–11
- Position
- Center
- Born
- 1976, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Height
- 7′0″ (213 cm)
- Weight
- 234 lb (106 kg)
- College
- California
- Drafted
- 1999, 2nd round (No. 41), Denver
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
FRANCISCO ELSON · 2010–11 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | UTA | 62 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | .478 | — | .839 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 1 SEASON | 62 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | .478 | — | .839 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
FRANCISCO ELSON · 6 NOTES- One of very few Dutch players to have a long NBA career.
- Speaks Dutch, Spanish, English and Portuguese, and holds a brown belt in karate.
- He played two seasons at Kilgore Junior College in Texas before finishing at California, where the Bears won the NIT in his senior year.
- Denver drafted him in 1999 but he stayed four more years in Spain with Barcelona, Valencia and Sevilla.
- In 2013 he signed with Mahram Tehran in Iran, the last club of his playing career.
- Asked in October 2010 whether he was a Jerry Sloan type of player, Elson answered 'That's the only way to play. It's your job.'