Rhoten Shetley

Rhoten Nathan Shetley (February 7, 1918 – January 7, 1993) was an American professional football halfback. A collegian at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, Shetley played four years of professional football for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise of the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

Early life Shetley was born in Wolf Creek, Tennessee, in 1918. He was raised in Union, South Carolina, and attended Union High School in that city. He played college football at Furman from 1937 to 1939. He was a single-wing fullback at Furman and was selected to the All-Southern Conference and Little All-America teams. He played for the Dodgers from 1940 to 1942.

Later life After retiring as a player, Shetley became a high school football coach in Florence, South Carolina, leading his team to a state championship in 1950. Without attending law school, he passed the South Carolina bar and worked as a trial lawyer in Greenville, South Carolina, for almost 30 years. He died in 1993 in Greenville.