🏀 Autographed/Signed Spud Webb Atlanta Hawks Red Basketball Jersey — JSA COA — 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion — Atlanta Hawks — Dallas, Texas Native — North Carolina State University — 5'7" and Defying Gravity

🏀 This is an autographed Atlanta Hawks red basketball jersey signed by Spud Webb — authenticated by JSA (James Spence Authentication) — representing one of the most celebrated individual moments in NBA All-Star Weekend history and one of the most improbable athletic achievements in professional basketball. Spud Webb is not simply the shortest player to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He is the player who settled a question that the sport had been implicitly asking for years — whether height was the prerequisite for aerial artistry at the rim — and answered it with a perfect 50-point performance that defeated his teammate Dominique Wilkins on the biggest platform in the sport's midseason showcase. Condition: NOS.

🌟 Dallas, Texas — The City That Produced an Unlikely Giant

🌟 Anthony Jerome Webb was born on July 13, 1963, in Dallas, Texas — and grew up in a city with a serious basketball culture and with a body that most coaches, scouts, and observers identified as incompatible with professional basketball at its highest level. At 5'7" — a height that placed him shorter than most high school point guards, shorter than most college guards, and shorter than virtually every player who had ever attempted to make an NBA roster — Spud Webb was told repeatedly that his path to professional basketball was closed. He went to North Carolina State University instead, where he played on the 1983 NCAA championship team under Jim Valvano — the stunning tournament run that produced one of the most celebrated moments in college basketball history. Condition: NOS.

🏆 The 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest — Five Feet, Seven Inches, and a Perfect Score

🏆 The 1986 NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest in Dallas — played on Spud Webb's home court, in his hometown — was the moment that defined his public legacy and established his permanent place in professional basketball history. His teammate Dominique Wilkins was the defending champion and the consensus pre-contest favorite — a 6'8" forward with a vertical leap and finishing ability that had made him "The Human Highlight Film" and one of the most feared dunkers in the league. Spud Webb, at 5'7", entered the competition as a novelty entry. He won it outright, earning perfect scores on multiple dunks that required him to leave the floor and reach a rim positioned at 10 feet — a rim that was nearly four inches above the top of his head at standing height. The victory was not a charity win. It was a performance that would have won the competition regardless of who was competing. Condition: NOS.

⭐ Atlanta Hawks — A Career That Outlasted the Doubts

⭐ Spud Webb played for the Atlanta Hawks from 1985 through 1991 and returned to the franchise for the 1995-96 season — the primary professional home for a player who carved out a 12-year NBA career by doing things that his physical dimensions suggested he should not have been able to do. He averaged 8.5 points and 5.2 assists per game across 814 career games — contributing numbers at a level that would have represented solid contributions from a player of any size, and that become extraordinary in the context of a player at 5'7" doing them against the largest athletes on the planet. The red Atlanta Hawks jersey represents the franchise and the era where Spud Webb made his professional name alongside Dominique Wilkins in one of the most entertaining backcourts in the Southeast Division. Condition: NOS.

🌟 JSA Certified — An Autograph from the Player Who Changed the Conversation

🌟 James Spence Authentication (JSA) certifies this Spud Webb signature as authentic — a verification from the industry's most rigorous autograph authentication service. The red Atlanta Hawks jersey signed here is the garment that connects directly to the franchise where Spud Webb built his NBA career and where the 1986 Dunk Contest took on the full weight of its improbability. Whether for the basketball history collector who tracks every piece associated with Dunk Contest lore, the Atlanta Hawks fan preserving franchise memorabilia, or the general collector who recognizes the Spud Webb story as one of professional sports' most compelling underdog narratives, this JSA-certified piece delivers the direct connection. Condition: NOS.

🏀🌟 Spud Webb. Dallas, Texas. North Carolina State University. Atlanta Hawks. 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion at 5'7". Autographed Hawks red basketball jersey, JSA COA. The underdog story the sport never forgets. Condition: NOS.