Education
At the University of California, Los Angeles, Eck played center and guard. As a senior, he was Second-Team All-Pac-8 as well as receiving the University of California, Los Angeles award for most improved player.
At the University of California, Los Angeles, Eck played center and guard. As a senior, he was Second-Team All-Pac-8 as well as receiving the University of California, Los Angeles award for most improved player.
He played college football at University of California, Los Los Angeles As a senior he was voted the El Camino Real League’s most valuable lineman and earned recognition from the United Savings Helms Athletic Foundation of All Southern California High School Football First Team. Indiana 2008 he was inducted into the Crespi Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1977 Eck played for the Washington Redskins professional football team, but was placed on injured reserve for the 1977 season.
The following year he returned to University of California, Los Angeles to coach the offensive tackles and tight-ends.
In 1979 Eck played for the New York Giants, backing up Jim Clack at center as well as being the special teams snapper for punts and field goals. In 1980 his football career ended abruptly when he suffered a heart attack on an airplane en route to his first pre-season training camp for his second year with the New York Giants.