Sheffield-born George Shelton joined Exeter City from Sheffield Wednesday in 1922 and went on to play 75 league games for the Grecians over the following four seasons. Moving to New Brighton he returned to Exeter where he became a publican before his death at the age of thirty-four. 

George played for Attercliffe prior to joining Sheffield Wednesday in 1919 where he was to make 17 league appearances during a three-season stay.

Signing for Exeter City in May 1922 he made his debut against Charlton Athletic in September 1922 and, whilst never a regular, remained at the club for four seasons during which there were two campaigns in which he played more than twenty league games. 

One of his less-notable seasons was 1924/25, when George made thirteen league appearances, with one of these being at Norwich in March 1925 which meant he was part of the team which sailed from Harwich after the game to play a friendly against Zwaluwen (the Swallows) in Amsterdam the following day. Facing a team made up partly of those Ajax players not featuring in an international against Belgium on the same day, City won 5-1 at Het Houten, then home of Ajax.   

Although he appeared more frequently during the following campaign, George left St James' Park in the summer of 1926 to spend a single season with New Brighton in 1926/27 before returning to live in Exeter and run the Bull Hotel on GoIdsmith Street until his death at the age of thirty-four in February 1934.