Tom Chambers

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 Tom Chambers: 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.

Born in Ogden and a college star at Utah — the Utes retired his No. 42 — Chambers became the NBA's first unrestricted free agent when he left Seattle for Phoenix in 1988. A four-time All-Star, he took MVP honors at the 1987 All-Star Game with 34 points, and he later came home to sign with the Jazz, playing two seasons off the bench and in April 1995 reaching 20,000 career points.

A hunter and horseback rider who never wanted to play outside the West, he won a league title at Maccabi Tel Aviv, then finished with Charlotte and Philadelphia and retired in 1997. The Suns retired his number, and he remains one of only two eligible 20,000-point scorers not in the Hall of Fame.

HOW HE CAME & WENTPhoenix declined his option right after the Finals, and he signed a two-year deal with Utah — a homecoming for the Ogden native and former Ute.

Full name

Thomas Doane Chambers

Utah Jazz tenure

1993–95

Position

Forward

Born

1959, Ogden, Utah

Height

6′9″ (206 cm)

Weight

220 lb (100 kg)

College

Utah

Drafted

1981, 1st round (No. 8), San Diego