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Nathaniel Clifton

Height: 6-6 (198cm)

Weight: 220 lbs (100kg)

Born: Oct 13, 1922 (Passed away Aug 31, 1990, aged 67)

Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Pre-Draft Team: ()

High School: DuSable High School (Chicago, Illinois)

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Nat Clifton Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
3/27/1958	Hawks	2
3/25/1958	Hawks	5
3/23/1958	Hawks	0
3/22/1958	Hawks	4
3/19/1958	Hawks	4

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

8 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1950-51	28	NYK	65	0.0	8.6	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	.322	-	.532
1951-52	29	NYK	62	33.9	10.6	11.8	3.4	-	-	-	.335	-	.664
1952-53	30	NYK	70	35.7	10.6	10.9	3.3	-	-	-	.343	-	.583
1953-54	31	NYK	72	30.3	9.6	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	.368	-	.628
1954-55	32	NYK	72	33.2	13.1	8.5	2.8	-	-	-	.386	-	.683
1955-56	33	NYK	64	24.0	8.8	6.0	2.4	-	-	-	.394	-	.707
1956-57 ☆	34	NYK	71	31.4	10.7	7.8	2.3	-	-	-	.377	-	.673
1957-58	35	DET	68	21.1	7.7	5.9	1.1	-	-	-	.363	-	.623
CAREER			544	30.0	10.0	8.2	2.5	-	-	-	.361	-	.633

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1950-51	28	NYK	65	-	0.0	8.6	3.2	10.1	.322	-	-	-	2.2	4.0	.532	-	-	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	4.1
1951-52	29	NYK	62	-	33.9	10.6	3.9	11.8	.335	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	.664	-	-	11.8	3.4	-	-	-	3.7
1952-53	30	NYK	70	-	35.7	10.6	3.9	11.3	.343	-	-	-	2.9	4.9	.583	-	-	10.9	3.3	-	-	-	3.9
1953-54	31	NYK	72	-	30.3	9.6	3.6	9.7	.368	-	-	-	2.4	3.8	.628	-	-	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.0
1954-55	32	NYK	72	-	33.2	13.1	5.0	12.9	.386	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.683	-	-	8.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.1
1955-56	33	NYK	64	-	24.0	8.8	3.3	8.5	.394	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.707	-	-	6.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.0
1956-57 ☆	34	NYK	71	-	31.4	10.7	4.3	11.5	.377	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.673	-	-	7.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.4
1957-58	35	DET	68	-	21.1	7.7	3.2	8.8	.363	-	-	-	1.3	2.1	.623	-	-	5.9	1.1	-	-	-	3.0
CAREER			544	-	30.0	10.0	3.8	10.6	.361	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.633	-	-	8.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.4

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1950-51	28	NYK	65	-	0	562	211	656	.322	-	-	-	140	263	.532	-	-	491	162	-	-	-	269
1951-52	29	NYK	62	-	2,101	658	244	729	.335	-	-	-	170	256	.664	-	-	731	209	-	-	-	227
1952-53	30	NYK	70	-	2,496	744	272	794	.343	-	-	-	200	343	.583	-	-	761	231	-	-	-	274
1953-54	31	NYK	72	-	2,179	688	257	699	.368	-	-	-	174	277	.628	-	-	528	176	-	-	-	215
1954-55	32	NYK	72	-	2,390	944	360	932	.386	-	-	-	224	328	.683	-	-	612	198	-	-	-	221
1955-56	33	NYK	64	-	1,537	561	213	541	.394	-	-	-	135	191	.707	-	-	386	151	-	-	-	189
1956-57 ☆	34	NYK	71	-	2,231	762	308	818	.377	-	-	-	146	217	.673	-	-	557	164	-	-	-	243
1957-58	35	DET	68	-	1,435	525	217	597	.363	-	-	-	91	146	.623	-	-	403	76	-	-	-	202
CAREER			544	-	14,369	5,444	2,082	5,766	.361	-	-	-	1,280	2,021	.633	-	-	4,469	1,367	-	-	-	1,840

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1950-51	28	NYK	65	-	.364	.322	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	85.4	-	0.9	-	-	-
1951-52	29	NYK	62	-	.391	.335	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	99.9	-	0.9	-	-	19.1
1952-53	30	NYK	70	-	.394	.343	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	92.6	-	0.9	-	-	20.2
1953-54	31	NYK	72	-	.419	.368	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	99.6	-	1.0	-	-	18.4
1954-55	32	NYK	72	-	.439	.386	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	106.9	-	1.0	-	-	18.2
1955-56	33	NYK	64	-	.449	.394	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	110.1	-	1.0	-	-	14.3
1956-57 ☆	34	NYK	71	-	.417	.377	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	104.9	-	0.9	-	-	12.6
1957-58	35	DET	68	-	.397	.363	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98.7	-	0.9	-	-	14.0
CAREER			544	-	.409	.361	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	99.4	-	0.9	-	-	14.9

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1950-51	28	NYK	65	-	.183	-	-	0.4	35	29	.547	-	-	-
1951-52	29	NYK	62	-	.224	-	-	0.4	36	26	.581	-0.7	2.3	1.6
1952-53	30	NYK	70	-	.244	-	-	0.4	47	23	.671	-1.1	4.4	3.3
1953-54	31	NYK	72	-	.224	-	-	0.4	44	28	.611	0.7	1.7	2.4
1954-55	32	NYK	72	-	.233	-	-	0.4	38	34	.528	1.3	2.4	3.7
1955-56	33	NYK	64	-	.145	-	-	0.4	31	32	.492	1.1	1.0	2.1
1956-57 ☆	34	NYK	71	-	.184	-	-	0.3	36	36	.500	0.2	1.6	1.8
1957-58	35	DET	68	-	.107	-	-	0.2	29	39	.426	-0.7	1.2	0.5
CAREER			544	-	.189	-	-	0.4	296	247	.545	-0.9	15.8	15.0

☆ All-Star Season

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Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1950-51	28	NYK	14	0.0	7.1	9.8	3.3	-	-	-	.347	-	.391
1951-52	29	NYK	14	33.0	9.4	9.5	2.4	-	-	-	.293	-	.711
1952-53	30	NYK	11	36.8	12.0	12.7	3.5	-	-	-	.395	-	.638
1953-54	31	NYK	4	31.3	6.2	9.8	1.5	-	-	-	.296	-	.529
1954-55	32	NYK	3	36.7	19.7	7.7	4.3	-	-	-	.385	-	.792
1957-58	35	DET	7	10.6	4.0	3.3	0.6	-	-	-	.367	-	.750
CAREER			53	30.2	9.0	9.3	2.7	-	-	-	.348	-	.624

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1950-51	28	NYK	14	-	0.0	7.1	2.9	8.4	.347	-	-	-	1.3	3.3	.391	-	-	9.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.4
1951-52	29	NYK	14	-	33.0	9.4	2.8	9.5	.293	-	-	-	3.9	5.4	.711	-	-	9.5	2.4	-	-	-	4.8
1952-53	30	NYK	11	-	36.8	12.0	4.6	11.7	.395	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.638	-	-	12.7	3.5	-	-	-	4.4
1953-54	31	NYK	4	-	31.3	6.2	2.0	6.8	.296	-	-	-	2.2	4.2	.529	-	-	9.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.8
1954-55	32	NYK	3	-	36.7	19.7	6.7	17.3	.385	-	-	-	6.3	8.0	.792	-	-	7.7	4.3	-	-	-	4.0
1957-58	35	DET	7	-	10.6	4.0	1.6	4.3	.367	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.750	-	-	3.3	0.6	-	-	-	1.6
CAREER			53	-	30.2	9.0	3.2	9.2	.348	-	-	-	2.6	4.1	.624	-	-	9.3	2.7	-	-	-	4.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1950-51	28	NYK	14	-	0	100	41	118	.347	-	-	-	18	46	.391	-	-	137	46	-	-	-	62
1951-52	29	NYK	14	-	462	132	39	133	.293	-	-	-	54	76	.711	-	-	133	34	-	-	-	67
1952-53	30	NYK	11	-	405	132	51	129	.395	-	-	-	30	47	.638	-	-	140	39	-	-	-	48
1953-54	31	NYK	4	-	125	25	8	27	.296	-	-	-	9	17	.529	-	-	39	6	-	-	-	15
1954-55	32	NYK	3	-	110	59	20	52	.385	-	-	-	19	24	.792	-	-	23	13	-	-	-	12
1957-58	35	DET	7	-	74	28	11	30	.367	-	-	-	6	8	.750	-	-	23	4	-	-	-	11
CAREER			53	-	1,176	476	170	489	.348	-	-	-	136	218	.624	-	-	495	142	-	-	-	215

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1950-51	28	NYK	14	-	.362	.347	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	73.9	-	0.8	-	-	-
1951-52	29	NYK	14	-	.397	.293	-	-	-	15.2	-	-	-	-	100.4	-	1.0	-	-	12.9
1952-53	30	NYK	11	-	.441	.395	-	-	-	21.0	-	-	-	-	103.4	-	1.0	-	-	21.2
1953-54	31	NYK	4	-	.363	.296	-	-	-	11.6	-	-	-	-	82.6	-	0.9	-	-	11.0
1954-55	32	NYK	3	-	.472	.385	-	-	-	22.2	-	-	-	-	117.6	-	1.1	-	-	19.3
1957-58	35	DET	7	-	.418	.367	-	-	-	8.9	-	-	-	-	111.7	-	0.9	-	-	13.4
CAREER			53	-	.407	.348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	97.2	-	1.0	-	-	13.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1950-51	28	NYK	14	-	.212	-	-	0.4	8	6	.571	-	-	-
1951-52	29	NYK	14	-	.186	-	-	0.6	8	6	.571	-0.5	0.4	-0.1
1952-53	30	NYK	11	-	.291	-	-	0.4	6	5	.545	0.2	0.6	0.8
1953-54	31	NYK	4	-	.152	-	-	0.6	0	4	.000	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3
1954-55	32	NYK	3	-	.320	-	-	0.5	1	2	.333	0.2	-0.1	0.1
1957-58	35	DET	7	-	.059	-	-	0.3	3	4	.429	-	-	-
CAREER			53	-	.200	-	-	0.4	26	27	.491	-0.8	1.3	0.5

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Sep 1, 1950	Nat Clifton signed a multi-year contract with the New York Knicks.
Apr 3, 1957	Nat Clifton was acquired by the Fort Wayne Pistons from the New York Knicks in a trade.
Jul 1, 1958	Nat Clifton, previously with the Detroit Pistons, became a free agent.
Aug 31, 1990	Nat Clifton passed away. He was 67 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x All-Star	1957
1x Eastern All-Star Coaches Selection	1957

NBA All-Star Game Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1957	34	East	1	23.0	8.0	11.0	3.0	-	-	-	.364	-	.000
CAREER			1	23.0	8.0	11.0	3.0	-	-	-	.364	-	.000

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1957	34	East	1	-	23	8	4	11	.364	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	1
CAREER			1	-	23	8	4	11	.364	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	1

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College: Xavier-Louisiana (1943)

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
10.0	8.2	2.5	0.0	0.0

FG%	3P%	FT%
36.1%	.0%	63.3%