[5] At UCLA, Sheldrake was the captain of the Bruins' freshman team, breaking their season scoring record with 262 points; Dick Ridgway surpassed him with 284 in 1950.

[6] Sheldrake was a reserve for most of his second year in 1948–49,[6] playing in 24 games and averaging 3.0 points per contest in John Wooden's first season as UCLA's head coach.

However, they lost starters Chuck Clustka and Ron Pearson to viral infections, and Alan Sawyer underwent an emergency appendectomy.

[6] Joining the Bruins that season was his best friend from high school, Jerry Norman,[9][10][11] who received multiple NCAA Division I offers and was persuaded by Sheldrake to choose UCLA.

[15] Sheldrake was voted a second-team All-PCC Southern Division selection,[16] and United Press (UP) named him a first-team Little All-American, its team of top players standing 5 feet 10 inches and under.

[1] In January 1951, Wooden kicked Norman off the team for two weeks for talking to a teammate during practice and not paying attention.

[19] On February 17, Sheldrake scored 38 points, making 15 of 23 field goal attempts and 8 of 11 on free throws, in a 90–67 win over Stanford, breaking the Southern Division record of 36 set by Ralph Vaughn against UCLA in 1939.

[24] After winning their third consecutive Southern Division title,[25] UCLA lost two straight games to Washington, who won the conference championship.

[41] Wanting to expand from KFC to an original restaurant,[42] the brothers began their Polly's Pies chain in Fullerton in 1968.

Not wanting to spend money to change the doors, they named the restaurant in honor of their manager's newborn daughter, Polly.