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Looking forany autographGreg Deane
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 Greg Deane: 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.
A Tulare, California native who played his college ball at the University of Utah, Deane stayed on in Utah when the Jazz drafted him in the fourth round in 1979. His lone NBA season, 1979-80, was the franchise's first in Salt Lake City.
The family kept playing. Son Daniel Deane played at Utah and Oregon State, and daughter Lauren played at Weber State before a professional career in Canada.
HOW HE CAME & WENTThe newly arrived Utah Jazz drafted the local product 67th overall in 1979 and signed him to a multi-year deal. He was waived on November 6.
- Full name
- Greg Steven Deane
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 1979–80
- Position
- Guard
- Born
- 1957, Tulare, California
- Height
- 6′4″ (193 cm)
- Weight
- 190 lb (86 kg)
- College
- Utah
- Drafted
- 1979, 4th round (No. 67), Utah
- Why this player is hard to find
- Seven NBA games, all in a Jazz uniform. Nothing signed by him has ever surfaced and no card was produced. A genuine blank in the franchise record.
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
GREG DEANE · 1979–80 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–80 | UTA | 7 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .182 | 1.000 | .714 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 1 SEASON | 7 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .182 | 1.000 | .714 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
GREG DEANE · 3 NOTES- The Jazz used the first pick of the fourth round on the local guard in 1979, 67th overall, keeping a Utah product in town.
- In 1979-80, the very first NBA season with a three-point line, he went a perfect one-for-one from behind it.
- Seven games in the autumn of 1979 were the whole of his NBA career, all in a Jazz uniform.