Title: "Sweetwater" Nat Clifton (Nathaniel Clifton) Description: The first African American basketball player to sign a contract with the NBA, "Sweetwater" Nat Clifton (Nathaniel Clifton; 1922-1990). Clifton played professional basketball from 1950-1957 for the New York Knicks and the Detroit Pistons while amassing 5,444 career points, 4,469 rebounds and 1,369 assists. Category: Sports Topic: Basketball Subject: Players Keywords: African American basketball players, American basketball players, African American athletes, Xavier University alumni, Xavier University graduates, New York Knicks players, Detroit Pistons players, NBA players, sports, basketball Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1650 x 2233 (3.68 MPixels) (1.35) Print Size: 14.0 x 18.9 cm; 5.5 x 7.4 inches File Size: 10.56 MB (11,071,440 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000091022 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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