Garfield Heard Autographs
Garfield Heard (born May 3, 1948) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at the University of Oklahoma and was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) in the third round of the 1970 NBA draft. He had a 15-year NBA career for four teams: the Sonics, the Buffalo Braves (now the Los Angeles Clippers), the Chicago Bulls, and the Phoenix Suns. Heard is best known for a buzzer beater he made to send Game 5 of the 1976 Phoenix–Boston championship series into a third overtime. This feat is commonly known as "The Shot", or "The Shot Heard 'Round the World", in reference to Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem "Concord Hymn", which was written about the Battle of Lexington.
Heard was born on May 3, 1948, in Hogansville, Georgia. He attended Ethel W. Kight High School in LaGrange, Georgia.
In 1966, Heard chose to attend the University of Oklahoma (OU), over the University of Southern Illinois. At the time he graduated, Heard was the Sooners' all-time leading rebounder and second-leading scorer. As a senior, he averaged 21.7 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. The school has described him as "OU's first true superstar." He was selected first team All-Big Eight for the 1969-70 season. Heard played under head coach John McLeod for three seasons (1967-1970). (McLeod would later coach Heard as an NBA player and Heard would serve as an assistant coach under McLeod).
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Current items with a signature of Garfield Heard
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Traded items with a signature of Garfield Heard
The most expensive item with a signature of Garfield Heard (Signed 1972-73 Topps #98 GARFIELD HEARD RC Beckett Encapsulated SUPERSONICS) was sold in December 2025 for $78.50 while the cheapest item (phoenix suns 1978 topps garfield heard autographed card) found a new owner for $0.50 in September 2012. The month with the most items sold (11) was December 2022 with an average selling price of $2.25 for an autographed item of Garfield Heard. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2015 with $24.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.50 was September 2012. In average, an autographed item from Garfield Heard is worth $5.00.
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