| Date | Transaction |
| 02-28-1992 | Shane Helmsley has retired from football. |
| 09-01-1991 | The St. Louis Lions have waived Shane Helmsley. |
| 08-11-1991 | The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Gabe Wright, Mike Machurek, Devon Taylor, Shaun Rogers, Frank Billingsley, Rashean Mathis, Eric Ebron, Jamaal Alexander, and Jerry Stehouwer to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Dre Bly, Chris Claiborne, Jeff Backus, Shane Helmsley, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, Reuben Droughns, and Laken Tomlinson to the inactive roster. |
| 11-20-1988 | Shane Helmsley of the St. Louis Lions is injured with a hip contusion and is expected to be out for approximately 15 days. |
| 10-06-1986 | The St. Louis Lions have moved Shane Helmsley and Riley Reiff to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Vance Mathison and Matthew Whittington to the inactive roster. |
| 09-14-1986 | The St. Louis Lions have moved Vance Mathison to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Shane Helmsley to the inactive roster. |
| 09-14-1986 | Shane Helmsley of the St. Louis Lions is injured with a moderate concussion and is expected to be out for approximately 18 days. |
| 09-01-1986 | The St. Louis Lions have moved Dave Compton, Ernie Sims, Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Darius Slay, Kevin Jones, Shane Helmsley, Jeff Lamana, and Lewis Zimmerman to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Larry Webster, Elvis Bowling, Derrick Williams, Pratt Lewis, Matthew Whittington, Vance Mathison, Joe Feldhaus, and Adam Moran to the inactive roster. |
| 08-04-1986 | The St. Louis Lions have moved Sedrick Irvin, Craig Gollomb, Derrick Williams, John Bross, Adam Moran, Quinton Reese, Alex Carter, Chris Claiborne, Pratt Lewis, and Riley Reiff to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Kevin Jones, Dave Compton, Ernie Sims, Darius Slay, Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Shane Helmsley, and Lewis Zimmerman to the inactive roster. |
| 08-11-1985 | The St. Louis Lions have moved Jim Bahr, Tom Fernandes, Earl Wilson, Shane Helmsley, Pratt Lewis, Larry Webster, and Spain Laughlin to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Carl Treu, Kevin Jones, Shaun Rogers, Kevin Brown, Laken Tomlinson, Darius Slay, and Bennie Blades to the inactive roster. |
| 01-14-1985 | The St. Louis Lions have moved Lewis "Perfect Dodge" Zimmerman and Shane Helmsley to the inactive roster. |
| 01-14-1985 | Trade #43004 has been completed between the St. Louis Lions and the Washington Capitolists. The Washington Capitolists receive Draft Pick - 1985 Round 7 (STL), Draft Pick - 1985 Round 6 (STL), Draft Pick - 1985 Round 4 (STL), Draft Pick - 1985 Round 3 (STL), Draft Pick - 1985 Round 2 (STL) from the St. Louis Lions in exchange for Shane Helmsley (DT), Lewis Zimmerman (WR), Draft Pick - 1987 Round 3 (WAS). |
| 01-14-1985 | The Washington Capitolists have placed Shane Helmsley on the trade block. |
| 01-06-1985 | The Washington Capitolists have removed Shane Helmsley from the trade block. |
| 12-31-1984 | The Washington Capitolists have placed Shane Helmsley on the trade block. |
| 12-24-1984 | The Washington Capitolists have removed Shane Helmsley from the trade block. |
| 12-09-1984 | The Washington Capitolists have placed Shane Helmsley on the trade block. |
| 01-01-1984 | Shane Helmsley of the Washington Capitolists is injured with a hip contusion and is expected to be out for approximately 4 days. |
| 08-18-1980 | The Washington Capitolists have changed Paul Pollock's name to Shane Helmsley. |
| 08-04-1980 | The Washington Capitolists have moved Fondren Klecko and Paul Pollock to the active roster. The Washington Capitolists have moved Toby Hutton and Edwin Dawson to the inactive roster. |
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