Mark Eaton, Utah’s 7-4 center. had 456 blocks in 1984-85, including 14 swats in a game against Portland. In his 11-year career, the UCLA product averaged 3.50 blocks a game, also an NBA record. Eaton, a fourth round draft pick, led the league in blocks on 4 occasions.
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Jack Scheuer is our in-house trivia maven, and a fixture on the Philly hoops scene, with 40 years experience covering NBA and college basketball, Phillies baseball and Penn football. A columnist for PhilaHoops.com, Jack was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2009, and the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in 2002. He has been an assistant basketball coach at Drexel University and Father Judge H.S. (Phila).
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