Roger Shackleton
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| Full name | Ian Roger Shackleton | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 June 1948 Shipley, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Bradford Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Ian Roger Shackleton (born 17 June 1948) is an English former international rugby union player.
Born in Shipley, Yorkshire, Shackleton was educated at Bradford Grammar School and played his early rugby with Harrogate, before competing in varsity rugby while attending the University of Cambridge.[1]
Shackleton was capped four times by England as a fly-half, debuting in a win over the Springboks at Twickenham in 1969, then playing three matches in the 1970 Five Nations Championship.[2]
During the early 1970s, Shackleton worked in France and played rugby for Stade Lavelanetien.[3]
Shackleton competed with Richmond on his return to England, then finished his career back at Harrogate.[2]
See also
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External links
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- Roger Shackleton at England Rugby
Categories:
- 1948 births
- Living people
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union players from West Yorkshire
- Sportspeople from Shipley, West Yorkshire
- Harrogate RUFC players
- Richmond F.C. players
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- People educated at Bradford Grammar School
- 20th-century English sportsmen