Truck Robinson

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 Truck Robinson: 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.

Robinson signed with the New Orleans Jazz as a free agent in 1977 and delivered a season for the ages: 22.7 points and a league-leading 15.7 rebounds a game in 1977-78, All-NBA First Team, and an All-Star nod — at 6-foot-7, one of the first non-centers ever to win a rebounding title. The Tennessee State product had waited his turn behind Elvin Hayes in Washington, reaching the 1975 Finals with the Bullets.

Traded to Phoenix in January 1979 for two players and two first-round picks, he made another All-Star team in 1981 and retired in 1985 with 11,988 points and 7,267 rebounds. He later spent three seasons as a Sacramento Kings assistant coach.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed with New Orleans as a free agent before 1977-78, with Ron Behagen and cash going to Atlanta as compensation, and led the NBA in rebounding. On January 12, 1979 the Jazz traded him to Phoenix for two players and two first-round picks.

Full name

Leonard Eugene Robinson

New Orleans Jazz tenure

1977–79

Position

Forward

Born

1951, Jacksonville, Florida

Height

6′7″ (201 cm)

Weight

225 lb (102 kg)

College

Tennessee State

Drafted

1974, 2nd round, Washington