George Shears

{{short description|American baseball player (1890–1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=George Shears |position=Pitcher |image= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1890|4|13|mf=y}} |birth_place=Marshall, Missouri, U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|1978|11|12|1890|4|13|mf=y}} |death_place=Loveland, Colorado, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 24 |debutyear={{Baseball year|1912}} |debutteam=New York Highlanders |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 20 |finalyear={{Baseball year|1912}} |finalteam=New York Highlanders |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–0 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=5.40 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=9 |teams= *New York Highlanders ({{Baseball year|1912}}) }} '''George Penfield Shears''' (April 13, 1890 – November 12, 1978) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. In 1912, Shears played for the New York Highlanders. In 4 career games, he had a 0–0 record, with a 5.40 ERA. He batted right-handed and threw left-handed.

George Shears was a Doctor of Chiropractic who led the G.P.C. chiropractic movement in the late 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Layne|first=Laurence|title=Keepers of the Flame: A History of Attunement|year=2008|publisher=Health Light Publishing Company|location=St. Augustine, Florida|isbn=978-0-9771193-3-2|pages=19–22|url=http://healthlightbooks.com/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4|access-date=2012-05-20|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709054705/http://healthlightbooks.com/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4|archive-date=2012-07-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shears was born in Marshall, Missouri, and died in Loveland, Colorado.<ref>{{cite web|title=The USGenWeb Project|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/larimer/cemeteries/sunrise.txt|access-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref>

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