Nate Bowman
Nathaniel "Nate the Snake" Bowman (March 19, 1943 – December 11, 1984) was an American basketball player born in Fort Worth, Texas.
A 6'10" center from Wichita State University, Bowman played five seasons (1966–1971) in the National Basketball Association and one season (1971–1972) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves, and Pittsburgh Condors. He won an NBA Championship as a reserve for the Knicks in 1970. In his NBA/ABA career, Bowman tallied 745 total points and 878 total rebounds. He was a good rebounder, but a poor shooter who had a problem with committing personal fouls, thus earning the nickname "Nate the Snake." In his NBA/ABA career, he committed more personal fouls than he scored field goals.
Bowman was one of several players involved in a November 20, 1968 brawl between the Knicks and Atlanta Hawks at Atlanta's Alexander Memorial Coliseum. The fight eventually spilled into the stands, where fans grabbed Bowman so that Atlanta's Bill Bridges could land a punch. None of the participants were fined more than $25.
'Nate Bowman' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
Actors: James Allodi (actor), Harvey Atkin (actor), Michael Beach (actor), Nathaniel Bellamy Jr. (actor), David Brown (actor), Wren T. Brown (actor), Mitchell Butler (actor), Colin Cheadle (actor), Don Cheadle (actor), Juan Chioran (actor), Jim Codrington (actor), Ronny Cox (actor), Brian Dawkins (actor), Olamide Faison (actor), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (actor),
Plot: A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, african-american, basketball, basketball-movie, black-american, character-name-in-title, college, drug-abuse, drug-lordGenres: Biography, Drama, Sport,
Taglines: From the mean streets of Harlem come the greatest basketball player the world has never known.
Quotes:
Earl "The Goat" Manigault: I'm a father, man.::Coach Pratt: You... must be very proud of yourself.Earl "The Goat" Manigault: Gimme the fuckin' ball, man!
Earl "The Goat" Manigault: You want the ball? Go get it! You country-ass nigga, man. You ain't know shit about basketball! Man, just fuck you, man! Fuck this whole fucking place, man!
Earl "The Goat" Manigault: You just keep on being like yourself, all right?
Legrand: You know, it's been a business doing pleasure with you.
Diego: There's a whole lot of ways to kill a motherfucker, man.
Bowman, Nate Filmography
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1970, role: actor , character name: Himself - New York Knickerbockers Center
New Way To Be Human
Everday it's the same thing
Another trend has begun
Hey kids, this might be the one
It's a race to be noticed
And it's leaving us numb
Hey kids, we can't be the ones
With all of our fashion
We're still incomplete
The God of redemption
Could break our routine
There's a new way to be human
It's nothing we've ever been
There's a new way to be human
New way to be human
And where is our inspiration?
When all the heroes are are gone
Hey kids, could we be the ones?
'Cause nobody's famous
And nobody's fine
We all need forgiveness
We're longing inside
There's a new way to be human
It's nothing we've ever been
There's a new way to be human
It's spreading under my skin
There's a new way to be human
Where divinity blends
With a new way to be human
New way to be human
You're throwing your love across
my impossible space
You've created me
Take me out of me into...
A new way to be human
To a new way to be human
You're a new way to be human
Where my humanity bends
To a new way to be human
Redemption begins
You're a new way to be human
