John Albert “Lefty” Shuford†
Inducted 2002
Hometown: Rio Grande City
High School: Rio Grande City High School
College: Texas A&M University
Best Known for: Athlete – Baseball
November 6, 1922-July 7, 2011
A Starr County star, Shuford helped Texas A&M University win a Southwest Conference baseball title and became a leading member of the local agricultural community.
Shuford was quarterback for the Rattlers in the late 1930s. He walked on at College Station and made the baseball team, lettering for the Aggies in 1942, 1943, and 1946. In 1942 he beat Texas 12-0 for the school's first shutout of the Longhorns in 32 years. The Aggies won the Southwest Conference title that season with a 13-2 record.
After college, Shuford pitched semi-pro ball in the Class D league from 1947 to 1951 and became the agriculture science teacher at El Sauz.
Entering the farming business in 1951, Shuford was active with the Starr County Farm Bureau for 30 years. He received an award as the Texas A&M Lettermen's Association Outstanding G.I. Farmer in 1959.
