Nathaniel Clifton is best known as one of the first African Americans to play in the National Basketball Association.
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10 Facts About Nathaniel Clifton
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Nathaniel Clifton attended Xavier University of Louisiana and then served with the United States Army for three years, fighting in Europe during World War II.
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Still a talented baseball first baseman, during the basketball off-season in 1949 Nathaniel Clifton played for the Chicago American Giants in Negro league baseball.
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On May 24,1950, Nathaniel Clifton became the second African-American player to sign an NBA contract.
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Nathaniel Clifton was named to the 1957 NBA All-Star team, scoring 8 points in 23 minutes in the game.
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In 1957, Nathaniel Clifton was part of a multi-player trade between the Knicks and the Fort Wayne Pistons, but after one season in Detroit he retired from basketball.
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Nathaniel Clifton, who played softball for the Brown Bombers and Capitol Records team of the "Daddy O" Daylie League, was inducted into Chicago 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame.
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Nathaniel Clifton was interred in the Restvale Cemetery in the Chicago suburb of Alsip.
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On February 14,2014, Nathaniel Clifton was announced as a 2014 inductee by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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