George Donald II SHAW

George Shaw won the AAU triple jump in 1953, after having won the 1952 NCAA triple jump for Columbia University. He was third in the AAU triple jump in 1952 and 1957. Shaw was 1953 Heptagonal champion in the long jump. Shaw later competed for the NY Pioneer Club.

He went into advertising where he became an account executive. Shaw died in 1988 when he suffered a heart attack while jogging near his home at Van Cortlandt Park.

Personal Bests: LJ – 7.54 (24-9) (1956); TJ – 15.38 (50-5½) (1952).