Nat Clifton

Nathaniel Clifton , "Sweetwater, Nat, Sweets"
Born: October 13, 1922
England, AR USA
Deceased: August 31, 1990
Position: C-F
High School: Dusable
College: Xavier (LA)
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 220
Career: 1950-51-1961-62
Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Nat Clifton averaged 9.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in his 605-game career with the Chicago Majors, Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks. He began playing during the 1950-51 season and last took the court during the 1961-62 campaign. Clifton was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.

New York Knicks

Detroit Pistons

Chicago Majors

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1950-51	New York Knicks	65	0	0	656	211	0	0	263	140	491	162	269	562
1951-52	New York Knicks	62	0	2101	729	244	0	0	256	170	731	209	227	658
1952-53	New York Knicks	70	0	2496	794	272	0	0	343	200	761	231	274	744
1953-54	New York Knicks	72	0	2179	699	257	0	0	277	174	528	176	215	688
1954-55	New York Knicks	72	41	2390	932	360	0	0	328	224	612	198	221	944
1955-56	New York Knicks	64	0	1537	541	213	0	0	191	135	386	151	189	561
1956-57	New York Knicks	71	0	2231	818	308	0	0	217	146	557	164	243	762
1957-58	Detroit Pistons	68	0	1435	597	217	0	0	146	91	403	76	202	525
1961-62	Chicago Majors	61	0	1716	476	189	17	3	184	143	425	138	258	524
Totals		605	41	16085	6242	2271	17	3	2205	1423	4894	1505	2098	5968

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1950-51	New York Knicks	65	0	0.0	32.2		53.2	7.6	2.5	4.1	8.6
1951-52	New York Knicks	62	0	33.9	33.5		66.4	11.8	3.4	3.7	10.6
1952-53	New York Knicks	70	0	35.7	34.3		58.3	10.9	3.3	3.9	10.6
1953-54	New York Knicks	72	0	30.3	36.8		62.8	7.3	2.4	3.0	9.6
1954-55	New York Knicks	72	41	33.2	38.6		68.3	8.5	2.8	3.1	13.1
1955-56	New York Knicks	64	0	24.0	39.4		70.7	6.0	2.4	3.0	8.8
1956-57	New York Knicks	71	0	31.4	37.7		67.3	7.8	2.3	3.4	10.7
1957-58	Detroit Pistons	68	0	21.1	36.3		62.3	5.9	1.1	3.0	7.7
1961-62	Chicago Majors	61	0	28.1	39.7	17.6	77.7	7.0	2.3	4.2	8.6
Averages		605	41	26.6	36.4	17.6	64.5	8.1	2.5	3.5	9.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1950-51	New York Knicks	14	0	118	41			46	18	137	46	62	100
1951-52	New York Knicks	14	462	133	39			76	54	133	34	67	132
1952-53	New York Knicks	11	405	129	51			47	30	140	39	48	132
1953-54	New York Knicks	4	125	27	8			17	9	140	39	15	25
1954-55	New York Knicks	3	110	52	20			24	19	23	13	12	59
1957-58	Detroit Pistons	7	74	30	11			8	6	23	4	11	28
1961-62	Chicago Majors	1	40	9	5			5	4	10	1	4	14
Totals		54	1216	498	175	0	0	223	140	606	176	219	490

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1950-51	New York Knicks	14	0.0	34.7	39.1	9.8	3.3	4.4	7.1
1951-52	New York Knicks	14	33.0	29.3	71.1	9.5	2.4	4.8	9.4
1952-53	New York Knicks	11	36.8	39.5	63.8	12.7	3.5	4.4	12.0
1953-54	New York Knicks	4	31.3	29.6	52.9	35.0	9.8	3.8	6.3
1954-55	New York Knicks	3	36.7	38.5	79.2	7.7	4.3	4.0	19.7
1957-58	Detroit Pistons	7	10.6	36.7	75.0	3.3	0.6	1.6	4.0
1961-62	Chicago Majors	1	40.0	55.6	80.0	10.0	1.0	4.0	14.0
Averages		605	22.5	35.1	62.8	11.2	3.3	4.1	9.1