Greg Foster

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 Foster: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you have a better example of his signature, or a story about it, the note at the foot of this page still stands.

At Oakland's Skyline High he played beside Gary Payton, and at UTEP he won two WAC titles, the first beside Tim Hardaway. The Washington Bullets took the 6-foot-11 center 35th in the 1990 draft, and Foster stretched that into 13 NBA seasons with nine franchises, reaching three Finals as a reserve — twice with the 1997 and 1998 Jazz, plus a championship ring with the 2001 Lakers.

Coaching became the second act: player development with the 76ers, then assistant jobs in Milwaukee, Atlanta and Indiana. He went back to UTEP to finish his bachelor's degree in 2011. He and his wife have a son and two daughters, and he still carries a high school tattoo reading Bowie — friends thought he resembled center Sam Bowie.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed a one-year contract in October 1995 and stayed four seasons and both Finals runs. In February 1998 the Jazz traded him and Chris Morris to Orlando for Rony Seikaly — and got them both back two days later when Seikaly refused to report.

Full name

Gregory Clinton Foster

Utah Jazz tenure

1995–99

Position

Center

Born

1968, Oakland, California

Height

6′11″ (211 cm)

Weight

240 lb (109 kg)

College

UTEP

Drafted

1990, 2nd round (No. 35), Washington