Career
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he played with the Detroit Cougars (later known as the Red Wings). He was the younger brother of Johnny Sheppard. The obituary in the Vancouver Sun issue date February 22, 1996 states he was born on October 5, 1905, not October 19, 1905.
In 1966, he was arrested and given a suspended sentence for begging on the streets of Vancouver.
One Shepard"s sons, James Frank (Jim) Shepard (born 1939) is the former chief executive officer of machinery company Finning, and forestry product company Canfor. He was also an economic advisor to British Columbia Premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark.