Athlete At Yale
Shevlin attended Yale from 1902-1906. He became best known as a football player, but also competed in track and field, baseball, boxing, and hockey. By 1905, Shevlin had a national reputation as Yale's premier athlete and "unquestionably one of the most remarkable all round athletes in America." He was six feet tall and weighed "190 pounds when in training and 212 pounds out of training. One newspaper account described his athletic prowess as follows:
"The famous athlete has won a 'Y' in three branches of sport and might win two or three more if he had time to devote to that many games. As left fielder on the baseball team, as hammer thrower on the track team and a football player Shevlin has been found worthy of the coveted letter. He also is a good sprinter, basketball player, tennis expert and boxer. ... He can run 100 yards in less than 11 seconds and could easily make the varsity tennis and basket ball teams if he wished. He is not on the golf team simly because he has not the time to devote to the game."
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