Howard Wood

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 Howard Wood: 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.

East Hampton High School won a New York state championship with Wood in 1977, and at Tennessee he teamed with future pros Reggie Johnson and Dale Ellis, earning first-team All-SEC honors as a senior and helping the Volunteers to their first Sweet Sixteen in 1981. The Utah Jazz drafted the 6-foot-7 power forward in the second round that year.

His NBA career was brief, 42 games and 3.4 points a game for the 1981-82 Jazz, but the playing life continued across the Atlantic with several seasons in Spain's premier leagues.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 27th overall in 1981 and signed him that September. The Jazz waived him a year later, then signed the same second-round pick again in 1983.

Full name

James Howard Wood

Utah Jazz tenure

1981–82

Position

Forward

Born

1959, Southampton, New York

Height

6′7″ (201 cm)

Weight

236 lb (107 kg)

College

Tennessee

Drafted

1981, 2nd round, Utah