RIP Mark Eaton

[OrangeXtreme]

Utah Jazz great Mark Eaton dies at age 64

Jazz one-time All-Star and two-time Defensive Player of the Year Mark Eaton has died, the Tribune can confirm. He was 64.

www.sltrib.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I posted this in the NBA thread. He and Rudy Gobert were close. It's sad. Inside the Bond Between Two Seven-Footers in Utah | Sports Illustrated

 

[OttoinGrotto]

 

[jordville]

 

[jordville]

Eaton was rocking the beard before the beard was cool. Dominant paint protector.

 

[jordville]

He passed doing something he loved...

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Eaton was rocking the beard before the beard was cool. Dominant paint protector.

14 blocks.

What even is that?

 

[jncuse]

He passed doing something he loved...

Didn’t Shawn Bradley get paralyzed in a bike crash in Utah as well recently. Odd, in a bad way.

 

[OrangeDW]

He passed doing something he loved...

Ugh.

“Bicycle crash” gives me uneasy feelings that a driver was being stupid/careless.

Fluke accidents happen, but most people don’t crash their bicycles in deadly fashion without the involvement of a car screwing up.

 

[jordville]

Didn’t Shawn Bradley get paralyzed in a bike crash in Utah as well recently. Odd, in a bad way.

Yes.

Details emerge from bicycle crash that left Shawn Bradley paralyzed

Shawn Bradley's bike may have collided with a passing car, causing him to hit the rear of a parked car and flip over, according to a police report.

www.usatoday.com

 

[SWC75]

I once showed this picture to my Dad and he gasped...

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Eaton was just a regular guy who liked to do regular things. Utah Jazz: ‘The nicest guy in the world’: Biking buddy recalls last ride with Big Mark