John Cleo Shaffer (August 13, 1909 – June 17, 1963) was an American professional basketball player. He appeared in six games for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids in the National Basketball League during the 1937–38 season. A son of Russian immigrants, he grew up in Grand Island, Nebraska and attended the Grand Island campus of Doane University before enrolling at DePaul University. He died of a heart attack in 1963. References 1909 births 1963 deaths Akron Firestone Non-Skids players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Nebraska Centers (basketball) DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball players Doane Tigers men's basketball players Forwards (basketball) People from Grand Island, Nebraska American people of Russian descent