Famously handsome, flamboyant amateur tennis player. Reached the 1931 Wimbledon finals, but was forced to default due to injury, the first time a player (in this case, Sidney Wood) won a singles major by default.
Pancho González paid tribute to Shields as being one of his biggest supporters and inspirations. In something of an irony, Pancho's last wife, Rita, is the sister of Shield's grand-daughter Brooke's ex-husband, Andre Agassi.