| Thomas D. Shepherd | |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1889[1] |
| Birth Place: | Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.[2] |
| Death Place: | Elmira, New York, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Maine[3] |
| Player Team1: | Wesleyan |
| Player Years1: | 1908 |
| Player Team2: | Maine |
| Player Years2: | 1910–1912[4] |
| Player Positions: | Fullback |
| Coach Years1: | 1914 |
| Coach Team1: | New Hampshire |
| Coach Years2: | 1915 |
| Coach Team2: | Baker |
| Coach Years3: | 1919 |
| Coach Team3: | Trinity (CT) |
| Admin Years1: | 1915 |
| Admin Team1: | Baker |
| Overall Record: | 8–13–2 |
| Championships: | 1 KCAC (1915) |
Thomas Dudley Shepherd (August 2, 1889 – October 5, 1954) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (now the University of New Hampshire) in 1914, Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas in 1915, and Trinity College of in Hartford, Connecticut in 1919, compiling a career coaching record of 8–13–2.
Shepherd graduated from Wellesley High School in Massachusetts, and initially attended Wesleyan College in Connecticut, where he was a member of their 1908 football team, then entered the University of Maine in his sophomore year.[5] He played football for Maine from 1910 to 1912,[4] where he was noted "because of his punting, field goals and aggressiveness as a back." In an October 1910 game, he successfully kicked four field goals, which was notable in that era.[6] A fullback, he was captain of the 1912 team.[7] He also competed in track and field for Maine, in the hammer throw and shot put.[8] He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity.
Shepherd served as head coach of the New Hampshire football team at New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in Durham, New Hampshire, in 1914, where he compiled a 1–6–2 record.[9] In 1915, he was appointed head football coach, director of gymnasium, and manager of athletics at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas.[10] In 1916, Shepherd was athletic director at Maine Central Institute, a private boarding school.[11] He coached the 1919 football team of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, taking over during the season following the resignation of his predecessor.[12] He led the team to a 2–4 record.[13] He was also athletic director and football coach at Manlius Academy (now Manlius Pebble Hill School) near Syracuse, New York.[14]
Shepherd had three brothers,[15] was married, and had one son.[16] During World War I, he served in the United States Navy. He moved to Elmira, New York, in November 1937, where he worked as an insurance agent until his death.[17] He died in Elmira in October 1954, of a heart attack at age 65.[18] [19]
Shepherd is listed in the New Hampshire media guide as T.D. Sheppard,[9] and in the Trinity media guide as T. Shepard.[13] In the Maine media guide, he appears in the list of all-time lettermen as Thomas D. Shepard.[4]