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Jeff L. Shelton

He was born in Great Falls, SC. He later died on 6-13-1998.
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Jeff L. Shelton was an avid sportsman and former pitcher in the Negro League. He was born in Great Falls, South Carolina. He played in the Negro League in the 1930s and 40s with the Greenville Black Spinners, the Cleveland Buckeyes, the Guelph Terriers and the Buffalo Giants and was known as a good hitting pitcher. He also played baseball on servicemen's teams while serving in the Navy during World War II. He retired from baseball after the war and took up trap shooting at the Buffalo Shooting Club winning numerous competitions. He was the first African American to win the Amateur Trapshooting Association's Grand American Championship in Vandalia, Ohio. He also was an outstanding league bowler with a 198 average.

Mr. Shelton was 79 years of age at the time of his death on June 13, 1998. He is buried in Forest lawn Cemetery

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