83-84 Jazz Team Photo

[prodigy]

I recently bought some retro jazz media guides off ebay found this pic in one of them..



how many people in this picture can you name? try the quiz below:
https://www.sporcle.com/games/prodigyuj/utah-jazz-83-84-team-photo

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

#4 is Adrian Dantley, right? #44 Mark Eaton, I think. Rickey Green is the guy playing the bass. Thats all I can name.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

ANd of course Coach Layden as the guy in the tux next to Eaton.

 

[ianfaith]

Pretty sure that's Ray Parker, Jr. on guitar.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Also, back row sax player is Darrel Griffith?

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Pretty sure that's Ray Parker, Jr. on guitar.

Who ya gonna call???

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I know one of those guys is John Drew too (from my all-time draft we did on here), but Im not sure. I think he is one of the saxophone players on bottom row though.

 

[ianfaith]

Front row L-R: Jeff Wilkens (?), Mitchell "J.J." Anderson (?), Thurl Bailey, John Drew, Adrian Dantley, James Hardy (?)
Back row L-R: Don "Magic Fingers" Sparks (?), Hot Rod, Phil Johnson, (?) on bass, Griff, Eaton, (?) on trumpet, Bobby Hansen, Rich Kelly, Frank Layden, Scott Layden

 

[eleetham]

#44 was rich kelly standing next to franky layden and mark eaton was sitting in the middle

 

[midnight_hwy]

Dang... I really feel old now... I recall watching this team play live (I had just graduated High School the year before).
I still could only guess a few of the players though, Doctor Dunkenstein#35 (Darrel Griffith) was always fun to watch on the fastbreak. Bobby Hansen was easy to spot as well. Also Mark Eaton (even sitting). Danley because of his number (4). Big T...
Cool photo, thanks for sharing, and the trip down memory lane

 

[Kenwood]

I can get them all. This was my original team. I saw a few games in 1982-83, but this was the first year I really started following the team.

Front: Jeff "The Franchise" Wilkins, Mitchell "J.J. Anderson, Thurl "Big T" Bailey (rookie season), John "The Gunslinger" Drew, Adrian Dantley, Tom Boswell.
Middle: Mark Eaton.
Back: Don Sparks, Hod Rod Hundley, Phil Johnson, Rickey "The Fastest of them All" Green, Darrell "The Golden Griff" Griffith, Jerry Eaves, Bobby Hansen, Rich Kelley, Frank Layden, Scott Layden.
(Not an official nickname, but my Dad and I used to refer to Jerry Eaves as "Stop at the line" Eaves. It didn't seem to matter how open the semi-break was, he was going to hold up at the free throw line and wait to set up the offense.)

Great memories of buying $5 tickets in the Salt Palace and sneaking down to the lower bowl to escape the cloud of smoke that hung from the ceiling. I also had a friend whose Dad worked the SP, so if he was assigned to a door, we didn't even pay to get in.

 

[Revolution 9]

Nice, I thought number 20 was Hansen. Didn't know he went back that far. He must of been a rookie that year?

 

[YB85]

16/16


Old guys rule!

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I can get them all. This was my original team. I saw a few games in 1982-83, but this was the first year I really started following the team.

Front: Jeff "The Franchise" Wilkins, Mitchell "J.J. Anderson, Thurl "Big T" Bailey (rookie season), John "The Gunslinger" Drew, Adrian Dantley, Tom Boswell.
Middle: Mark Eaton.
Back: Don Sparks, Hod Rod Hundley, Phil Johnson, Rickey "The Fastest of them All" Green, Darrell "The Golden Griff" Griffith, Jerry Eaves, Bobby Hansen, Rich Kelley, Frank Layden, Scott Layden.
(Not an official nickname, but my Dad and I used to refer to Jerry Eaves as "Stop at the line" Eaves. It didn't seem to matter how open the semi-break was, he was going to hold up at the free throw line and wait to set up the offense.)

Great memories of buying $5 tickets in the Salt Palace and sneaking down to the lower bowl to escape the cloud of smoke that hung from the ceiling. I also had a friend whose Dad worked the SP, so if he was assigned to a door, we didn't even pay to get in.

+1 Rep

 

[Kenwood]

Nice, I thought number 20 was Hansen. Didn't know he went back that far. He must of been a rookie that year?

Yeah, that was also his rookie season (in addition to Thurl Bailey). The Jazz were scouting someone else (don't remember who) in a game against Iowa and ended up impressed with Hansen. Ended up drafting him in the third round and he stayed with the team for 7 seasons before being traded to Sacramento in the deal that brought Jeff Malone to Utah.

 

[akirac73]

Great memories of buying $5 tickets in the Salt Palace and sneaking down to the lower bowl to escape the cloud of smoke that hung from the ceiling. I also had a friend whose Dad worked the SP, so if he was assigned to a door, we didn't even pay to get in.

I remember those good 'ol days of the $5 tickets. You could get season tickets for under $200! Now, you'd spend that in one game...