Professional Career
Shugart was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. In 1939, the Redskins finished 8-2-1 and fell short of the Eastern Division championship. During the 1940 season, the Redskins posted a then-franchise-record nine wins and earned a trip to the 1940 NFL Championship game, where they lost to the Chicago Bears, 73-0, the most one-sided victory in NFL history. The Redskins then beat the Bears in the 1942 NFL Championship game, 14-6, before a sellout crowd of 36,000 at Griffith Stadium. The following season, the Redskins went 6-3-1 and again met the Bears in the 1943 NFL Championship game, where they lost 41-21. Shugart retired after the 1944 season after making a salary of $4,400.
Shugart played his entire career for the Redskins (1939–1944) and never missed a game in his career. During this time, he was named to two Pro Bowls (1941, 1942) and was named second-team All-Pro in 1943.
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