Nate Shaw
American football player and coach (born 1945)
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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.
- Regarding the as-told-to autobiography All God's Dangers The Life of Nate Shaw, see Ned Cobb.
San Diego, California, U.S.
| No. 44 | |
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| Position | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 20, 1945 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lincoln (San Diego, California) |
| College | USC |
| NFL draft | 1967: 5th round, 122nd overall pick |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]
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.[2][5]
Personal life
Following his coaching career, Shaw worked in hotel sales and ran a plumbing business.[2] He is the brother of former NFL and college assistant coach Willie Shaw and the uncle of former Stanford head coach David Shaw.