Nate Shaw
Nathaniel "Nate" Shaw (born May 20, 1945) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams. Shaw also was an assistant coach for several college football teams.
- Regarding the as-told-to autobiography All God's Dangers The Life of Nate Shaw, see Ned Cobb.
Position: | Safety | ||
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Personal information | |||
Born: | San Diego, California | May 20, 1945||
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[1] | ||
Career history | |||
As player: | |||
Los Angeles Rams (1969–1970) | |||
As coach: | |||
Oregon State (DB) 1976–1979 USC (DB) 1980–1986 | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
1966 College Football All-America Team | |||
Career NFL statistics | |||
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Player stats at PFR |
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 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 current Stanford head coach David Shaw.
References
- "1967 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "Consensus All-America Teams (1960-1969)". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- "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.