Craig Shelton

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Craig Shelton

| image =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|5|1}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| highschool = Dunbar (Washington, D.C.)

| college = Georgetown (1976–1980)

| draft_year = 1980

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 28

| draft_team = Atlanta Hawks

| career_start = 1980

| career_end = 1986

| career_number = 11

| career_position = Small forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1980|start}}–{{nbay|1981|start}}

| team1 = Atlanta Hawks

| years2 = 1981–1982

| team2 = Atlantic City Hi-Rollers

| years3 = 1982

| team3 = Lancaster Lightning

| years4 = 1982–1983

| team4 = Libertas Forlì

| years5 = 1983–1985

| team5 = Basket Mestre

| years6 = 1985–1986

| team6 = Pallacanestro Trieste

| highlights =

• First-team All-Big East (1980)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 240 (4.1 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 141 (2.4 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 27 (0.5 apg)

}}

Craig Anthony Shelton (born May 1, 1957) is an American former basketball player. He played in parts of two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Shelton, a {{convert|6|ft|7|in|cm|0|adj=on}} 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. Shelton scored 1,409 points (15.2 per game) and collected 691 rebounds (7.4 per game) during his college career.{{cite web | last = | first = | title =Craig Shelton profile | publisher =HoyaBasketball.com | date = | url =http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/c_shelton.htm | access-date =May 20, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120214175742/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/c_shelton.htm | archive-date =February 14, 2012 | url-status =dead }} During his senior year, he was chosen for the 1979–80 All-Big East First Team and was the Most Valuable Player of the 1980 Big East tournament.{{cite web | last = | first = | title =1979-80 Men's Big East Conference Season Summary | publisher =sportsreference.com | date = | url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/men/1980.html | access-date =March 22, 2025 }}

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 during the 1980–81 NBA season and in four games of the 1981–82 season before being waived. He played the remainder of the season in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Atlantic City Hi-Rollers and Lancaster Lightning.1982-83 CBA Guide and Register, page 87 He then played professionally in Italy from 1982 to 1986.