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http://www.omniture.com --> Sections Home Page Local News AP News Archives Business Classifieds Event Calendar Forums Life Opinion Obituaries Photo Gallery Readers Photo Gallery Sports Tempo Weather Special Coverage 2006 Britt Festivals --> Shop Our Valley AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Search Our Valley Special Sections Homelife Magazine Joy Magazine Readers Choice 2006 Oregon Golf Info Oregon Wine Info Our Valley Other Publications Local Links Ashland News eSouthernOregon Newspapers In Education Personals Moving Here Movie Listings TV Listings Volunteer Customer Service Advertise With Us Media Kit Place Classified Ad Contact Us FAQ's Home Delivery Site Map --> Email Story to a Friend October 13, 2006 WHERE ARE THEY NOW Scott Eaton Medford High School, 1962 By TIM TROWER Mail Tribune Even in retirement, Scott Eaton remains busy. Running errands. Doing household chores. Chasing after the children of his "second family." Oh, and being inducted into Halls of Fame. Eaton was a three-sport star at Medford who went on to compete in two sports at Oregon State and play six years in the NFL with the New York Giants. He and his OSU basketball teammates of 1965-66 were recently inducted into the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. The team, for which the 6-foot-3 Eaton started, was the nation's top defensive squad, beat Elvin Hayes' Houston team and came within one game of the Final Four. Eaton lives in Bellevue, Wash., on Lake Sammamish. He and his wife of 24 years, Cindi, have a daughter, Christine, 15, and a son, Joe, 10. The kids play on premier soccer teams that are in action seven days a week and travel often. Eaton doesn't coach but helps manage the teams. "They work me too hard," laughs Eaton, 62, who also has two kids from a previous marriage, Tracey and Jennifer, and five grandchildren. After leaving the NFL because of nerve damage in an eye, Eaton traded industrial stocks on Wall Street for eight years, then moved to the Seattle area and was part of a group that formed Ragen MacKenzie, a trading firm that later was bought by Wells Fargo. He worked for the latter until last year. Advertisement Now he spends time with family and gets away, sometimes back to the Rogue Valley, for fishing trips. He has fond memories of growing up here. "I hope my kids have as much fun in high school as I did," says Eaton. "I really enjoyed it back there. I look back on all my coaches, and my high school coaches were some of the best I ever had. It was just an enjoyable time. There's so much pressure on kids nowadays, I just encourage them to have fun. It goes by quickly. There's enough pressure later." At Medford, Eaton competed in track in addition to playing football and basketball. In football, Medford won state his sophomore year and was second his junior season. As a senior, Eaton, the quarterback, missed the Klamath Falls game with a broken finger. Medford lost 7-6, and it cost it a trip to the playoffs. Following his prep career, Eaton might have considered a football scholarship, but a knee injury in the Shrine All-Star Game, in which he was named the outstanding back, steered him toward basketball. A defensive specialist, he played on the 1964 Beaver team that featured Mel Counts and lost in the NCAA West Regional to Seattle, a team OSU had twice beaten. It also defeated highly ranked Indiana and Cincinnati. His senior year, the Beavers' tallest player was 6-6 Ed Fredenburg. "We didn't have a big team, but we played really well together," says Eaton. After limiting Hayes to 14 points and defeating high-scoring Houston 63-60 in the West Regional semifinals, the Beavers lost to Utah, 70-64, and came up short of the Final Four. The Beavers were 62-21 in Eaton's three seasons. Eaton delayed his graduation so he could play one season of football. He showed enough that the Giants drafted him in the eighth round, and he played six seasons, three at cornerback and three at strong safety. Quarterback Fran Tarkenton was the team's star player, and Eaton covered the likes of Bob Hayes, Paul Warfield and Lance Rentzel. In the offseasons, he learned about trading stocks and turned that into a long and successful career. Reach sports editor Tim Trower at 776-4479, or e-mail [email protected] . Advertisement Copyright © 1997-2006 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback online casinos news Home Security Systems Windermere Van Vleet Men's Clothing Southern Oregon Loans --> GMAT Prep Fundraisers Send Flowers Texas Electric Choice Entertainment Guide --> Casinos Canada Trunks, Footlocker Online Casino Reviews Online poker at AbsolutePoker.com