Andrew Kemper "Skeeter" Shelton (June 29, 1888 – January 9, 1954) was a

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. He was born and died in

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. Shelton played for the

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in the season, appearing in 10 consecutive games over an eight-day period from August 25 to September 1. In his ten career games, he had one hit in 40 at-bats for a .025 batting average. At center field, he was perfect, handling 22

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(20 putouts, 2 assists). He batted and threw right-handed. Shelton was the baseball coach at

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from 1918 to 1920 and at

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from 1922 to 1923.

Head coaching record

Football

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