Nate Shaw
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1945)}}
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:Regarding the as-told-to autobiography All God's Dangers The Life of Nate Shaw, see Ned Cobb.
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Nate Shaw
| image =
| number = 44
| position = Safety
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|5|20}}
| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 205
| high_school = Lincoln (San Diego, California)
| college = USC
| draftyear = 1967
| draftround = 5
| draftpick = 122
| pastteams =
- Los Angeles Rams ({{nfly|1969}}–{{nfly|1970}})
| pastcoaching =
- Oregon State (1976–1979)
Defensive backs coach - USC (1980–1986)
Defensive backs coach
| pfr = ShawNa20.htm
| highlights =
- Consensus All-American (1966)
- 2× First-team All-Pac-8 (1965, 1966)
}}
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.{{cite web
|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/all-america-1960-1969.html
|title=Consensus All-America Teams (1960-1969)
|access-date=January 17, 2011
|publisher=Sports-Reference.com
|url=http://www.usctrojans.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/usc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2010-m-footbl-media-guide
|title=USC Trojans 2010 Football Media Guide
|pages=132, 167
|publisher=USCTrojans.com
|access-date=January 13, 2011}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=LAM&lg=nfl&yr=1967 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409111910/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=LAM&lg=nfl&yr=1967 |title=1967 Los Angeles Rams |website=databaseFootball.com |archive-date=April 9, 2007 |url-status=usurped |access-date=July 18, 2020}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/nateshaw/profile?id=SHA660207
|title=Nate Shaw
|work=NFL.com
|access-date=January 17, 2011
}}
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.{{cite news
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F8wnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1852,6195784
|title=Oregon hires football assistant
|date=March 20, 1979
|access-date=January 17, 2011
|newspaper=The Register-Guard
}}
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
{{Reflist}}
{{1966 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{Los Angeles Rams 1967 draft navbox}}
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Category:All-American college football players
Category:Los Angeles Rams players
Category:Oregon State Beavers football coaches
Category:Players of American football from San Diego