Frederick Lee Shepherd (September 16, 1923 – October 8, 1988), nicknamed "Tubhead", was an American
Negro league outfielder in the 1940s.
A native of
Columbus, Georgia, Shepherd attended
Morris Brown College
Morris Brown College (MBC) is a private Methodist historically black liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded January 5, 1881, Morris Brown is the first educational institution in Georgia to be owned and operated entirely by African Ame ...
and played for the
Atlanta Black Crackers in 1944. He died in
Miami, Florida in 1988 at age 65.
References
External links
*Baseball statistics and player information fro
Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Statsan
Seamheads
1923 births
1988 deaths
Atlanta Black Crackers players
Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Columbus, Georgia
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Stamford Bombers players
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