Charles McShane

{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | number = 90, 59 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|1|4|mf=y}} | birth_place = Long Beach, California, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 203 | high_school = R.A. Millikan {{avoid wrap|(Long Beach)}} | college = Cal Lutheran | draftyear = 1976 | draftround = 12 | draftpick = 346 | pastteams = * Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1976}})* * Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1977}}–{{NFL Year|1979}}) | highlights = * Second-team NAIA District II (1974) * All-Lutheran (1975) * NAIA District III All-American (1975) * UPI Little All-Coast (1975) * Third-team Little All-American (1975) * NAIA District III Player of the Year (1975) | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 29 | pfr = McShCh20 }}

'''Charles Shawn McShane''' (born January 4, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football for the Cal Lutheran Kingsmen.

==Early life and college== McShane attended Robert A. Millikan High School, where he practiced football and track. He enrolled at Long Beach City College after graduating from high school.

He transferred to California Lutheran College after his sophomore season to play defensive tackle under Kingsmen head coach Bob Shoup. As a junior, McShane was named NAIA District II second-team, receiving the team's Iron Man and most valuable lineman awards.

As a senior, he was named NAIA District III first-team All-American, third-team Associated Press Little All-American, UPI Little All-Coast, First-team All-Lutheran and NAIA District III Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://earth.callutheran.edu/magazine/2009_winter/highlights/athletes_honored.php | title=Athletes Honored at Hall of Fame Dinner | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref> He also was a part of the 1976 undefeated track team, competing in the javelin throw.

In 2008, he was inducted into the California Lutheran University Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame.

==Professional career== ===Dallas Cowboys=== McShane was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the 12th round (346th overall) of the 1976 NFL draft, with the intention of being converted into a linebacker.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/11/archives/teambyteam-choices-in-nfls-college-draft.html | title=Team‐by‐Team Choices In N. F. L.'s College Draft | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref> He was waived on September 6.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/07/archives/pro-transactions.html | title=Transactions | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref>

===Seattle Seahawks=== On April 29, 1977, he was signed as a free agent by the Seattle Seahawks.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/112485139/| title=Seahawks Sign Two | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref> He played mainly on special teams. He had 10 tackles and one forced fumble against the Buffalo Bills. He blocked a field goal against the Houston Oilers.

In 1978, he played mainly on special teams. He had 5 tackles against the Minnesota Vikings. On September 5, 1979, he was released after playing in the season opener against the San Diego Chargers.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/149718537/ | title=Transactions | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref>

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