Mark Eaton, the two-time Defensive Player of the Year who spent his entire NBA career with the Utah Jazz, has died. He was 64 years old. The cause of his death was not immediately known.
Eaton was drafted by the Jazz in the fourth round of the 1984 NBA Draft. The 7-foot-4 center out of UCLA would go on to play 12 seasons in Utah, establishing himself as one of the league’s most feared interior defenders.
Eaton blocked 3,064 shots during his career — fourth-most in NBA history. He led the league in blocks in 1984, ’85, ’87, and ’88.