Shellie McMillon, Jr. (March 11, 1936 – July 11, 1980) was an American professional

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player.Shellie McMillon
basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on May 15, 2013. McMillon was selected in the

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by the

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after a collegiate career at

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. He played for the Pistons and

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during his four-year NBA career. Although their surnames are spelled differently, McMillon was the older brother of

Ernie McMillan Ernest Charles McMillan (born February 21, 1938 in Chicago Heights, Illinois) is a retired offensive tackle who played 15 seasons in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Green Bay Packers. He was selected to play in ...

, who played 15 seasons with the NFL's

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. Ernie's son

Erik McMillan Erik Charles McMillan (born May 3, 1965) is a former American football defensive back. He played for the New York Jets from 1988 until 1992, Philadelphia Eagles (1993), Cleveland Browns (1993), and Kansas City Chiefs (1993). He was a third-roun ...

was a defensive back for the

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. Shellie McMillon was one of the stars of a

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team from

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that won back-to-back

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championships and in 1954 became the first team with black players and a black coach to play in the Illinois state championship game.

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