There is good news and bad news about being an
athlete named Sheffield in New Brighton. The good news is that if
all the Sheffields come to a game, you have your own cheering
section; the bad news is that you need to be an exceptional athlete
in order to stand among the many fine sports stars in the family.
Calvin Sheffield not only was one of the best Sheffields, he was so good
that he gained fame at both New Brighton High School and the
University of Pittsburgh as a
basketball star. Although only six foot tall, Cal led the WPIAL in
scoring his senior high school year in 1960 with an average of 28
points per game, making All WPIAL and All State honorable
mention that year. His career scoring total at Pitt was 1119 points,
which ranked him eighth on the Panthers all time scoring
list. His Pitt teams played in the NCAA tournament his junior year
and in the NIT his senior season. He played minor league basketball
at Sunbury (PA) and had tryouts with the Baltimore Bullets and
Philadelphia 76ers, but wasn’t big enough for the pros. After
earning his master’s degree at Pitt, he was basketball coach at the
South Campus of Allegheny Community College from 1968 to 1970, where
his teams had a 38-17 record. He then served as athletic coordinator
at the University of the District of Columbia, where he was an
associate professor in the department of mortuary science. Calvin's
brother Don is also in the
Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame...
There is good news and bad news about being an
athlete named Sheffield in New Brighton. The good news is that if
all the Sheffields come to a game, you have your own cheering
section; the bad news is that you need to be an exceptional athlete
in order to stand among the many fine sports stars in the family.
Calvin Sheffield not only was one of the best Sheffields, he was so good
that he gained fame at both New Brighton High School and the
University of Pittsburgh as a
basketball star. Although only six foot tall, Cal led the WPIAL in
scoring his senior high school year in 1960 with an average of 28
points per game, making All WPIAL and All State honorable
mention that year. His career scoring total at Pitt was 1119 points,
which ranked him eighth on the Panthers all time scoring
list. His Pitt teams played in the NCAA tournament his junior year
and in the NIT his senior season. He played minor league basketball
at Sunbury (PA) and had tryouts with the Baltimore Bullets and
Philadelphia 76ers, but wasn’t big enough for the pros. After
earning his master’s degree at Pitt, he was basketball coach at the
South Campus of Allegheny Community College from 1968 to 1970, where
his teams had a 38-17 record. He then served as athletic coordinator
at the University of the District of Columbia, where he was an
associate professor in the department of mortuary science. Calvin's
brother