Scott Eaton (American football)
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Position: | Defensive back | ||||||||
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Born: | Salem, Oregon, U.S. | August 20, 1944||||||||
Died: | October 1, 2021 Bellevue, Washington, U.S. | (aged 77)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Medford | ||||||||
College: | Oregon State | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1967 / Round: 8 / Pick: 187 | ||||||||
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Thomas Scott Eaton (August 20, 1944 – October 1, 2021) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the eight round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft. He played college football at Oregon State.[1]
Eaton's son, Tracey, played six years in the NFL.
References
[edit]- ^ "Eaton of Giants Retires; Beset by Double Vision". The New York Times. May 18, 1973.
Categories:
- 1944 births
- 2021 deaths
- American football cornerbacks
- American football safeties
- Oregon State Beavers football players
- Oregon State Beavers men's basketball players
- New York Giants players
- Sportspeople from Salem, Oregon
- Players of American football from Oregon
- American men's basketball players
- American football defensive back, 1940s birth stubs