Carl Shaeffer

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Carl Shaeffer

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| position = Forward

| number = 18

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|10|25}}

| birth_place = Delphi, Indiana

| death_date = October 25, 1974 (aged 50)

| death_place = Delphi, Indiana

| nationality = American

| high_school = Delphi (Delphi, Indiana)

| college = {{nowrap|Alabama (1945–1949)}}

| draft_year = 1949

| years1 = 1949–1950

| team1 = Indianapolis Olympians

| letter = s

| bbr = shaefca01

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Carl Edgel Shaeffer (October 25, 1924 – October 25, 1974) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Indianapolis Olympians in the National Basketball Association between 1949–50 and 1950–51 after a collegiate career at the University of Alabama.{{cite web| title =Carl Shaeffer NBA/ABA stats| work =basketball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| date = | url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/shaefca01.html| accessdate = August 14, 2014}} Shaeffer was Alabama's first-ever professional basketball player.{{cite book| last =Millburg| first =Steve| title =Gone Pro Alabama: Crimson Athletes Who Became Pros| publisher =Clerisy Press|edition =2nd| date =2013| location =Covington, Kentucky| pages =311| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=qWVVAQAAQBAJ&dq=Carl+Shaeffer+%2B+alabama+crimson+tide&pg=PA310| isbn =978-1-57860-525-5}} He became a businessman in Indianapolis, Indiana after his short-lived NBA career.