Rickey Williams

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 Rickey Williams: 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.

Buffalo gave him his start, and The Buffalo News never forgot, naming the 1974 All-Western New York first-teamer to its all-time area team in 2009. The point guard played at Long Beach State and New Mexico, and the Jazz drafted him in the tenth round in 1978, back when the franchise still called New Orleans home.

His NBA moment came later, and in Utah: the 1982-83 season, when he averaged 3.3 points in his lone year in the league.

HOW HE CAME & WENTNew Orleans drafted him 190th overall in 1978 and traded his rights to Chicago a year later. He came back as a free agent in September 1982 and was waived the following October.

Full name

Richard C. Williams

Utah Jazz tenure

1982–83

Position

Guard

Born

1957, Buffalo, New York

Height

6′1″ (185 cm)

Weight

174 lb (79 kg)

College

Long Beach State and New Mexico

Drafted

1978, 10th round (No. 190), New Orleans

Why this player is hard to find

Forty-four games for the Jazz in 1982-83 and no signed item of any kind on record.