# Howard Nathan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Howard_Nathan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Howard_Nathan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Nathan > Source revision: 1321376338 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American basketball player (1972–2019)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Howard Nathan | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 175 | birth_date = {{birth date|1972|1|21}} | birth_place = [Peoria, Illinois](/source/Peoria%2C_Illinois), U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|7|28|1972|1|21}} | death_place = Peoria, Illinois, U.S. | high_school = [Manual](/source/Manual_High_School_(Peoria%2C_Illinois)) (Peoria, Illinois) | college = *[DePaul](/source/DePaul_Blue_Demons_men's_basketball) (1991–1992) *[Louisiana–Monroe](/source/Louisiana%E2%80%93Monroe_Warhawks_men's_basketball) (1993–1994) *{{nowrap|[Northwest Arkansas CC](/source/Northwest_Arkansas_Community_College) (1994–1995)}} | draft_year = 1995 | career_start = 1995 | career_end = 1999 | career_position = [Point guard](/source/Point_guard) | career_number = 14 | coach_start = 2014 | coach_end = 2017 | years1 = 1995 | team1 = [Omaha Racers](/source/Omaha_Racers) | years2 = {{nbay|1995|full=y}} | team2 = [Atlanta Hawks](/source/Atlanta_Hawks) | years3 = 1998–1999 | team3 = [Rockford Lightning](/source/Rockford_Lightning) | cyears1 = 2014–2017 | cteam1 = [Manual HS](/source/Manual_High_School_(Peoria%2C_Illinois)) (assistant) | highlights = * [McDonald's All-American](/source/McDonald's_All-American_Game) ([1991](/source/1991_McDonald's_All-American_Boys_Game)) * Second-team [''Parade'' All-American](/source/Parade_All-America_Boys_Basketball_Team) (1991) * [Illinois Mr. Basketball](/source/Illinois_Mr._Basketball) (1991) | stats_league = NBA | stat1label = [Points](/source/Point_(basketball)) | stat1value = 13 | stat2label = [Steals](/source/Steal_(basketball)) | stat2value = 3 | stat3label = [Assists](/source/Assist_(basketball)) | stat3value = 2 }} '''Howard Nathan Jr.''' (January 21, 1972 – July 28, 2019) was an American professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player. Born in [Peoria, Illinois](/source/Peoria%2C_Illinois), Nathan attended [DePaul University](/source/DePaul_University), Northeast Louisiana University (now [University of Louisiana at Monroe](/source/University_of_Louisiana_at_Monroe)) and [Northwest Arkansas Community College](/source/Northwest_Arkansas_Community_College). He played 5 games during the [1995–96 NBA season](/source/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season) with the [Atlanta Hawks](/source/Atlanta_Hawks), averaging 2.6 points and 0.4 assists per game. Nathan attended [Manual High School](/source/Manual_High_School_(Peoria%2C_Illinois)) in Peoria and was named [Illinois Mr. Basketball](/source/Illinois_Mr._Basketball) in 1991.{{cite web |last1=Reynolds |first1=Dave |title=Friends fondly remember one of Peoria's greatest, Mr. Basketball Howard Nathan |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2019/07/28/friends-fondly-remember-one-peoria/4584420007/ |website=Journal Star |access-date=August 31, 2023 |date=July 29, 2019}} He appears in the 1994 [documentary film](/source/documentary_film) ''[Hoop Dreams](/source/Hoop_Dreams)'' as the victor of [Arthur Agee](/source/Arthur_Agee)'s [John Marshall Metropolitan High School](/source/John_Marshall_Metropolitan_High_School) Commandos in the 1991 Illinois high school basketball championship tournament.{{cite web |last1=Vlahos |first1=Nick |title=Nick in the AM: From the start, Howard Nathan was legendary in Peoria hoops |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/columns/nick-in-the-morning/2019/07/29/nick-in-am-from-start/4577168007/ |website=Journal Star |access-date=August 31, 2023 |date=July 29, 2019}} [Shaun Livingston](/source/Shaun_Livingston) called Nathan "the greatest player to come out of Peoria at the high school level." Nathan was paralyzed after an allegedly drunk driver drove into his [Oldsmobile](/source/Oldsmobile) in Peoria on July 30, 2006.{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Brian |title=An accident left Peoria basketball legend Howard Nathan paralyzed, but he says his life is headed on the right path |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-12-17-0612170232-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=August 31, 2023 |date=December 17, 2006}} He returned to Manual High School as an assistant coach from 2014 to 2017. On July 9, 2019, Nathan's heart stopped twice after he collapsed in his Peoria home.{{cite web |last1=Reynolds |first1=Dave |title=Former Mr. Basketball Howard Nathan hospitalized, but showing improvement |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/07/11/former-mr-basketball-howard-nathan/4703441007/ |website=Journal Star |access-date=August 31, 2023 |date=July 11, 2019}} He was taken to [OSF Saint Francis Medical Center](/source/OSF_Saint_Francis_Medical_Center) where he died on July 28, 2019, at the age of 47.{{cite web |title=Howard Nathan Jr Obituary |url=https://www.twparkschapel.com/obituaries/Howard-Nathan/#!/Obituary |website=T.W. Parks Colonial Chapel |access-date=August 31, 2023}} On February 6, 2020, the area where Nathan grew up on the corner of Madison Park Terrace and Proctor Street in Peoria was honored as "Howard Nathan Jr. Court".{{cite web |title=Peoria basketball icon Howard Nathan to be honored on Thursday |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/high-school/basketball/2020/02/05/peoria-basketball-icon-howard-nathan/1754087007/ |website=Journal Star |access-date=August 31, 2023 |date=February 5, 2020}} ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{basketball stats}} * [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/howard-nathan-1.html College statistics] {{DEFAULTSORT:Nathan, Howard}} Category:1972 births Category:2019 deaths Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:African-American basketball coaches Category:American men's basketball coaches Category:American men's basketball players Category:Atlanta Hawks players Category:Basketball coaches from Illinois Category:Basketball players from Peoria, Illinois Category:DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball players Category:High school basketball coaches in Illinois Category:Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Category:Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's basketball players Category:McDonald's High School All-Americans Category:Northwest Arkansas Community College alumni Category:Omaha Racers players Category:Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Category:People with paraplegia Category:Point guards Category:Road incident deaths in Illinois Category:Rockford Lightning players Category:Undrafted NBA players {{1970s-US-basketball-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Howard Nathan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Nathan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Nathan?action=history)). 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