John Shackelford (baseball)
John Shackelford | |
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Guadalajara, Mexico | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
debut | |
1924, for the Cleveland Browns | |
Last appearance | |
1930, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
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John Gerald "Gable" Shackelford (July 17, 1905 – June 27, 1964), was a Negro league baseball player, manager, executive, and attorney. He lived much of his early life in Prescott, Arkansas, and in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Biography
Shackelford's birth date is often listed as April 9, 1894. However, this is false. Rather, Shackelford was born in 1905 in Tennessee, the son of John D. Shackelford and Lula May Oliver.
He grew up in Prescott, Arkansas, where his father worked as a high school principal and a lawyer. His mother died when he was only four, but his father remarried the next year. Later, when Shackelford was a young adult, he and his family moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas.
During the mid-1920s, Shackelford attended
After graduating from Wiley, Shackelford moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and studied at the University of Michigan Law School to become an attorney like his father. He graduated in 1931 and set up a law practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Meanwhile, he both managed and played for various semi-professional Negro teams in nearby Lowell, Michigan, including the Fineis Gas Colored Giants from 1931-1932, the Dixie Gas Stars from 1933-1934, and the Chicky Bar Giants in 1935.
By 1940, Shackelford moved his law practice to
Shackelford continued to practice law in Cleveland for many years, eventually moving to Los Angeles.
Death
At some point in his later life, he traveled to
References
- ^ "Prime Sports News" The Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, July 24, 1934, Page 2, Columns 3 and 4
- ^ http://arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.php?page=John+Shackelford&structure=Negro+League+Baseball Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia - No Known Copyright
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads