Jim Shackleton
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| Birth name | James Alexander Pirie Shackleton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 April 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Assam, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 September 2022 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Fettes College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jim Shackleton (4 April 1940 - 14 September 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He normally played at Centre.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
Born in India, after the Second World War he arrived in Scotland with his returning parents, and Shackleton went to Fettes College.
Shackleton then played for London Scottish.[2]
He was part of the London Scottish side that won the Middlesex Sevens five times in the 1960s.[3]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for Blues Trial on 9 February 1963.[4]
He played for Scotland Possibles on 28 December 1963.[5]
International career[edit]
Shackleton played for Scotland Schools.[3]
He went on to receive 7 senior caps for Scotland.[6] He scored a try in his last match, the 1965 game against South Africa, in a 8- 5 win for Scotland.[7]
Business career[edit]
He was a consultant in the building trade with the construction company Higgs and Hill.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "James Alexander Pirie Shackleton". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Jim Shackleton". September 19, 2022.
- ^ a b c Anderson, Joe (October 5, 2022). "Jim Shackleton". Scottish Rugby.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jim Shackleton - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Scotland v South Africa". ESPN scrum.