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| Position: | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | May 20, 1945 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: 5th round, 122nd pick |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
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.
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]
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]
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.