Tony Nathan
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About
All-Pro running back with the Miami Dolphins who won a National Championship while playing for the University of Alabama. As a coach, he was an assistant under Don Shula, became the Dolphins' running back coach in 1993, and later filled the same position under Tony Dungy from 1996 to 2001.
Before Fame
He is notable for being one of the first black football players at Woodlawn High School in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. His high school career became the subject of the 2015 film Woodlawn.
Trivia
He, Curtis Martin and Michael Strahan were inducted into the same Senior Bowl Hall of Fame class in 2006.
Family Life
He was born Tony Curtis Nathan in Birmingham, Alabama. He and his wife Johnnie Nathan have children named Nichole, Nadia, and Natalie Nathan.
Associated With
He returned to finish his degree at Alabama in 2015, fulfilling a promise he made to his Alabama head coach Bear Bryant.
