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American football player and coach (born 1945)

Regarding the as-told-to autobiography All God's Dangers The Life of Nate Shaw, see Ned Cobb.
American football player
Nate Shaw
No. 44
Position:Safety
Personal information
Born: (1945-05-20) May 20, 1945 (age 79)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:Lincoln (San Diego, California)
College:USC
NFL draft:1967 / round: 5 / pick: 122
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
  • Oregon State (1976–1979)
    Defensive backs coach
  • USC (1980–1986)
    Defensive backs coach
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Nathaniel Shaw (born May 20, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans. After his playing career, Shaw was a college assistant coach.

Playing career

Shaw was born in San Diego, California and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School. He went on to play college football at USC, where he was a defensive back and was named to the All-Pac-10 team in 1965 and was a consensus All-American in 1966. He was selected in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams and played two seasons with the Rams.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing football, Shaw coached defensive backs at Oregon State from 1976 to 1979, and then at his alma mater USC for 7 years from 1980 to 1986.

Personal life

Following his coaching career, Shaw worked in hotel sales and ran a plumbing business. He is the brother of former NFL and college assistant coach Willie Shaw and the uncle of former Stanford head coach David Shaw.

References

  1. "Consensus All-America Teams (1960-1969)". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  2. ^ "USC Trojans 2010 Football Media Guide". USCTrojans.com. pp. 132, 167. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  3. "1967 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. "Nate Shaw". NFL.com. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  5. "Oregon hires football assistant". The Register-Guard. March 20, 1979. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
1966 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense
Defense
Los Angeles Rams 1967 NFL/AFL draft selections
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