Jeff Nattans

Jeff Nattans
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey A. Nattans
Place of birth United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1986-1989 Loyola Greyhounds
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990-1991 Maryland Bays
1993-1994 Baltimore Bays
1993-1994 Baltimore Bays (indoor)
1996 Baltimore Bays

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Jeff Nattans is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League and USISL Pro League.

Nattans graduated from Calvert Hall College High School. He attended Loyola University Maryland. He played on the men’s soccer team from 1986 to 1989, earning Academic All American recognition in 1988 and 1989.[1] Nattans also played on the school’s basketball team of which he was co-captain during the 1988-89 season.[2] He graduated summa cum laude. Nattans also earned a masters in business administration from Harvard. On May 9, 2008, Loyola inducted Nattans into its Athletic Hall of Fame.[3]

In 1990, Nattans turned professional with the Maryland Bays of the American Professional Soccer League.[4] That fall, the Bays, with Nattans starting and going all ninety minutes, defeated the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks for the championship.[5] In 1991, he played six games for Maryland.[6] In 1993, Nattans returned to playing with the Baltimore Bays of the USISL.[7] He played for the Bays during both the 1993 and 1994 outdoor seasons as well as the 1993–94 USISL indoor season. Nattans spent the USISL Pro League season with the Bays then retired.

References

  1. ↑ Loyola Greyhounds men’s soccer records
  2. ↑ Loyola Greyhounds men’s basketball records
  3. ↑ Former Loyola Standouts Inducted To Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame
  4. ↑ 1990 Maryland Bays
  5. ↑ 1990 APSL game results
  6. ↑ 1991 Maryland Bays
  7. ↑ Nattans: The defender who keeps going, and going . . . Former Loyola star iron man for Bays
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