Hall of Fame

Lee Shaffer

  • Class
  • Induction
    2018
  • Sport(s)
    Athlete
Alma Mater: Baldwin, 1955 | Sport: Basketball
 
Lee Shaffer moved from Chicago into the Baldwin school district in 1953. His success in high school and afterwards made him one of the best basketball players ever in the WPIAL. He was the ACC Player of the Year while playing at the University of North Carolina, was the No. 5 pick in the NBA draft, made the NBA All-Star Game one year and averaged 27 points in a playoff series against the Cincinnati Royals led by the great Oscar Robertson. Lee was once part of a trade for Wilt Chamberlain. At Baldwin, Shaffer averaged 25 points a game as a senior and scored 41 in a WPIAL playoff game, which still ties for seventh-most in a WPIAL postseason contest.