Willie Sheelor

Willie James Sheelor

• High School George Washington Carver High School (Kannapolis)
• Born February 23, 1928 in Cabarrus County, NC USA
• Died June 12, 2014 in Concord, NC USA

Biographical Information

Willie Sheelor played in the negro leagues in the 1940s and 1950s.

He began his career in independent negro league ball, playing for the Kannapolis Blues, East Spencer Giants, Charlotte Black Hornets and a team in Salisbury, NC from 1948 to 1951. He also played for the Winston-Salem Pond Giants and Richmond Giants of the Negro Carolina League, a minor negro league, in 1950 and 1951.

In 1952, he played for the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League. His contract was sold to the Milwaukee Braves following the 1952 campaign, but he was released by the club. He then had a tryout for the Washington Senators in 1953, but he did not make the team.

From 1953 to 1955, he played for the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro American League and from 1956 to 1961, he played for the Kannapolis Blues and the Kannapolis Cannon Towels in independent leagues.