page_title: Nate Thurmond
hierarchical_section_title: Nate Thurmond
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional basketball player Nate Thurmond
context_page_description: Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond was an American basketball player. He spent the majority of his 14-year career in the National Basketball Association with the Golden State Warriors. He played the center and power forward positions.
  Thurmond was a seven-time All-Star and the first player in NBA history to record an official quadruple-double. Thurmond was named both a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
  He was known to fans as "Nate the Great", Thurmond has had his No. 42 jersey retired by both the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  Thurmond died at the age of 74 on July 16, 2016 after a short battle with leukemia in San Francisco.
context_section_description: Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond (July 25, 1941 – July 16, 2016) was an American basketball player. He spent the majority of his 14-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Golden State Warriors. He played the center and power forward positions.
  Thurmond was a seven-time All-Star and the first player in NBA history to record an official quadruple-double. Thurmond was named both a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
  He was known to fans as "Nate the Great", Thurmond has had his No. 42 jersey retired by both the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  Thurmond died at the age of 74 on July 16, 2016 after a short battle with leukemia in San Francisco.
caption: Thurmond with the Warriors in 1969
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