(Birmingham News file/Robert Adams)William Nathan, who worked as millwright at Connors Steel in Birmingham, made his son Tony his first football by stitching together a strip of Naugahyde and stuffing it with rags and cotton balls. '"All three of Nathan's daughters have their college degrees - Nichole from South Florida and Natalie and Nadia from Alabama - as does his wife. All-Pro running back with the Miami Dolphins who won a National Championship while playing for the University of Alabama.

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"Before I signed to go to Alabama, Coach Bryant told me, 'Well, look, you can try out (for basketball), but if you're not within the top six, you've got to come back out for spring ball. "Some do come in with attitudes, and you just have to diffuse them before they go in front of the judge. "The four of them -- Baumhower, Nathan, Stephenson and McNeal -- played in two Super Bowls together, but the Dolphins lost both games, to the Redskins in Super Bowl XVII and the 49ers in Super Bowl XIX.In a 1982 playoff game with San Diego that became known as "The Epic in Miami," Nathan was the exclamation point on one of the most memorable plays in Dolphins' history -- dashing untouched into the end zone after receiver Duriel Harris caught a pass from quarterback Don Strock and then tossed it back to the streaking Nathan on a legendary hook-and-lateral play that ignited a dramatic Miami comeback.
His high school career became the subject of the 2015 film Woodlawn.He was born Tony Curtis Nathan in Birmingham, Alabama. He had to meet with Coach Bryant to get him to sign off on it, too.

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"His jersey would just be hanging on him," Woodlawn teammate Brad Hendrix says. "That spiritual awakening not only inspired the team, but it reverberated throughout the entire school, defusing some racial tension that Nathan says he felt his first couple of years at Woodlawn. '"I said, 'I will do that. They made great souvenirs, too, and fans mobbed him after the games to get a piece of Nathan's jersey. Return to Top; Players. "During his senior season at at Woodlawn High School in 1974, Tony Nathan was a Parade All-American and featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd." The next Christmas, Santa Claus brought Tony his first official football.Tony -- the second oldest of five siblings -- used to wear out the grass playing ball with their neighbors in the backyard of their house in Parker Heights, near the airport. My parents raised me that way.
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It wasn't anything boastful for him. I wasn't too sure about him running the wishbone at that time, but he did a very good job and it was great to play with him. I do believe. "It was just that time. "I played with older guys, and I wanted to be able to play on their level," Nathan says.

"He ate a few pieces of it, but he didn't eat much. "I was running down the baseline trying to follow my guy around, and, all of a sudden, they set a pick and this guy's elbow hit me in the eye and that cured my basketball desire," Nathan says. Associated With.

"And while most college players today are bigger, faster and stronger now than they were during Nathan's college days, Legg has no doubt that, had Nathan come along four decades later, Nick Saban would find a place for him with Derrick Henry and Kenyan Drake in the Crimson Tide's current running back rotation. I don't remember that whole week.

Also excelling as a kick returner, he finished his college career with 30 touchdowns and 3,362 all-purpose yards, including a 10.9 average in yards per punt return

There's something always new at the courthouse. "It was time for people to actually get along -- no matter what race or color you were," he says.

And when that happened, that movement, I was touched in my heart to do so again.

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he recalls.

"We have, I think, one of the best alumni associations in the NFL," Nathan says.

I told Coach Gerelds that I didn't want him to be anywhere near the ball. Tony Nathan played from 1979 to 1987 during his career with the Miami Dolphins. I will make you that promise. "Tony Nathan is joined by his wife, Johnnie, and his daughters Nichole, Natalie and Nadia at his induction into the Miami Dolphins Walk of Fame in 2014. "I get to meet a ton of people -- lawyers, defendants, victims -- and they all are different," Nathan says. Site Last Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 8:00AM Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?


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