Nat Craddock
{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1940)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Nat Craddock
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| number = 32
| position = Fullback
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|12|13}}
| birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
| death_date =
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| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 220
| high_school =
| college = Parsons
| afldraftyear = 1963
| afldraftround = 22
| afldraftpick = 174
| pastteams =
- Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1963}})
- Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|1964|1965}})
| highlights =
- Second-team Little All-American (1962)
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards
| statvalue1 = 1
| pfr = CradNa00
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Nathaniel "Crash" Craddock (born December 3, 1940) is a former American football fullback who played college football for Parsons College and professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts during the 1963 season and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) during the 1964 and 1965 seasons.
Early life
A native of Des Moines, Iowa, he played college football at Parsons in Fairfield, Iowa, from 1959 to 1962.{{cite web|title=Nat Craddock|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=July 30, 2021|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CradNa00.htm}}{{cite news|title=Who Owns Gridder Nat Craddock?|newspaper=The Tampa Times|date=September 10, 1963|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82501663/nat-craddock/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Professional football
He played professional football for the Baltimore Colts during the 1963 season, appearing in three NFL games.{{cite web|title=Nate Craddock Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=July 30, 2021|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CradNa00.htm}}
He also played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Montreal Alouettes during the 1964 and 1965 seasons. He appeared in nine CFL games.{{cite news|title=New Lens, Weight Help Nat Craddock|newspaper=The Gazette|date=September 17, 1964|page=40|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82500930/nat-craddock/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Later years
After retiring from football, Craddock worked as a strength and conditioning coach at a Des Moines high school and as the intramural program coordinator at Kirkwood Community College. In 1984, he opened a Nautilus fitness center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.{{cite news|title=Nat Craddock: Running new Nautilus fitness center in C.R. is no weighty matter for him|newspaper=The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|author=Becky Stover|date=August 29, 1984|page=10L|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82501348/nat-craddock/|via=Newspapers.com}}