Nate Shaw

Nate Shaw
No. 44
Position:	Safety
Personal information
Born:	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:
	Los Angeles Rams (1969–1970)
As a coach:
	Oregon State (DB) 1976–1979; USC (DB) 1980–1986
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus All-American (1966); 2× First-team All-Pac-8 (1965, 1966);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Regarding the as-told-to autobiography All God's Dangers The Life of Nate Shaw, see Ned Cobb.

Nathaniel Shaw (born May 20, 1945) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams. Shaw also was an assistant coach for several college football teams.

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.^[2]^[3] He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams and played two seasons with the Rams.^[1]^[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.^[3]^[5]

Personal life

Following his coaching career, Shaw worked in hotel sales and ran a plumbing business.^[3] He is the brother of former NFL and college assistant coach Willie Shaw and the uncle of former Stanford head coach David Shaw.

References

^ ^a ^b "1967 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Consensus All-America Teams (1960-1969)". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "USC Trojans 2010 Football Media Guide". USCTrojans.com. pp. 132, 167. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
^ "Nate Shaw". NFL.com. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
^ "Oregon hires football assistant". The Register-Guard. March 20, 1979. Retrieved January 17, 2011.

[dbF-1] "1967 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Consensus All-America Teams (1960-1969)". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2011.

[uscmg-3] "USC Trojans 2010 Football Media Guide". USCTrojans.com. pp. 132, 167. Retrieved January 13, 2011.

[4] "Nate Shaw". NFL.com. Retrieved January 17, 2011.

[rg-5] "Oregon hires football assistant". The Register-Guard. March 20, 1979. Retrieved January 17, 2011.

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