{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}} {{primary sources|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox rugby biography | name = Jim Shackleton | image = | birth_name = James Alexander Pirie Shackleton | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|04|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Assam, India | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|09|14|1940|04|03|df=yes}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | position = Centre | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = London Scottish | ru_amupdate = | provinceyears1 = 1963 | provinceyears2 = 1963 | province1 = Blues Trial | province2 = Scotland Possibles | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | repteam1 = Scotland U16 | repteam2 = Scotland | repcaps1 = | repcaps2 = 7 | reppoints1 = | reppoints2 = 3 | ru_ntupdate = | repyears1 = | repyears2 = 1959-65 | refereeyears1 = | refereecomps1 = | refereeapps1 = | ru_refereeupdate = | school = Fettes College }} '''Jim Shackleton''' (4 April 1940 - 14 September 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He normally played at Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/6377.html|title=James Alexander Pirie Shackleton|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
==Rugby Union career==
===Amateur career===
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonscottish.com/jim-schackleton/|title=Jim Shackleton|date=September 19, 2022}}</ref>
He was part of the London Scottish side that won the Middlesex Sevens five times in the 1960s.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://scottishrugby.org/jim-shackleton/|title=Jim Shackleton|first=Joe|last=Anderson|date=October 5, 2022|website=Scottish Rugby}}</ref>
===Provincial career===
He played for Blues Trial on 9 February 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19630211&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
He played for Scotland Possibles on 28 December 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19631230&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
===International career===
Shackleton played for Scotland Schools.<ref name="auto"/>
He went on to receive 7 senior caps for Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/6377.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jim Shackleton - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref> He scored a try in his last match, the 1965 game against South Africa, in a 8- 5 win for Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafricatour/rugby/match/20211.html|title=Scotland v South Africa|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
==Business career==
He was a consultant in the building trade with the construction company Higgs and Hill.<ref name="auto"/>
==References==
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