Mark Eaton, 7 foot 4 inch career leader in blocks per game, dead from some kind of bike crash

[Crazy Pete]

From Yahoo sports:

Former Utah Jazz legend Mark Eaton died following a bicycle crash in Summit County, authorities said Saturday.

The Summit County Sheriff's Office received a call Friday just before 8:30 p.m. MT that an unconscious man was found lying in the road in the Silver Creek Estates neighborhood. The man was determined to be Eaton, a tweet from the agency said.

 

[Heim]

Wow! I saw him play a Cypress College for legendary JC coach Don Johnson, who also developed Swen Nater.

Mark Eaton never played basketball in high school. After he graduated he went to go work at a tire shop
in the city of Buena Park CA. One day Johnson got a flat tire on the way to Cypress College. He stopped
at the tire shop which is about 2 miles from the school. You can imagine how excited he got seeing a
7' 4" guy fixing his tire. He begged him to try out for the team. The rest is history.

RIP Big Fella

 

[railbird]

played water polo at westminster high school, he didnt have to swim, could touch toes in deep end

 

[MrTop]

and tarzan died in plane crash....covid?

 

[Heim]

I've always have had a big problem with guys like Eaton, Marc Gasol or Gobert getting defensive player
of the year. Just because you can block shots doesn't mean you play defense.

 

[Chi_Archie]

14 feet 10 inches of former NBA centers have had their life and mobility taking away while riding bicycles this year


sad

 

[Don Eagleston]

And both accidents happened in Utah.

 

[John Kelly]

Mark Eaton was 64.

 

[John Kelly]

 

[railbird]

both were likely car accidents, Eatons felt like a hit and run, id look at his leftist golddigger wife