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American basketball player

Craig Shelton

Personal information
Born (1957-05-01) May 1, 1957 (age 67)Washington, D.C.
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Dunbar (Washington, D.C.)
College Georgetown (1976–1980)
NBA draft 1980: 2nd round, 28th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career 1980–1986
Position Small forward
Number 11
Career history
1980–1981 Atlanta Hawks
1981–1982 Atlantic City Hi-Rollers
1982 Lancaster Lightning
1982–1983 Libertas Forlì
1983–1985 Basket Mestre
1985–1986 Pallacanestro Trieste
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Big East (1980)
Career NBA statistics
Points 240 (4.1 ppg)
Rebounds 141 (2.4 rpg)
Assists 27 (0.5 apg)
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Craig Anthony Shelton (born May 1, 1957) is a retired American basketball player. He played in parts of two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Shelton, a 6'7" small forward from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., played college basketball with his high school teammate John Duren at Georgetown University from 1976 to 1980. For his college career, Shelton scored 1,409 points (15.2 per game) and collected 691 rebounds (7.4 per game).[1]

After the close of his college career, Shelton was drafted in the second round of the 1980 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks (28th overall). He played for the Hawks for the 1980–81 NBA season, and played 4 games of the 1981–82 season before being waived. He would play the remainder of the season in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Atlantic City Hi-Rollers and Lancaster Lightning.[2] He then played several seasons in Italy.

  1. ^ "Craig Shelton profile". HoyaBasketball.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. ^ 1982-83 CBA Guide and Register, page 87