# Jim Shackleton

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{{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](/source/Assam), [India](/source/India)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2022|09|14|1940|04|03|df=yes}}
| death_place      = 
| height           = 
| weight           = 
| position         = [Centre](/source/Centre_(rugby_union))
| youthyears1      = 
| youthclubs1      = 
| amatyears1       = 
| amatteam1        = [London Scottish](/source/London_Scottish_F.C.)
| ru_amupdate      = 
| provinceyears1   = 1963
| provinceyears2   = 1963
| province1        = [Blues Trial](/source/Blues_Trial)
| province2        = [Scotland Possibles](/source/Scotland_Possibles)
| provinceapps1    = 
| provincepoints1  = 
| repteam1         = [Scotland U16](/source/Scotland_national_under-16_rugby_union_team)
| repteam2         = [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team)
| repcaps1         = 
| repcaps2         = 7
| reppoints1       = 
| reppoints2       = 3
| ru_ntupdate      = 
| repyears1        = 
| repyears2        = 1959-65
| refereeyears1    = 
| refereecomps1    = 
| refereeapps1     = 
| ru_refereeupdate = 
| school           = [Fettes College](/source/Fettes_College)
}}
'''Jim Shackleton''' (4 April 1940 - 14 September 2022) was a [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player. He normally played at [Centre](/source/Centre_(rugby_union)).<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](/source/Fettes_College).

Shackleton then played for [London Scottish](/source/London_Scottish_F.C.).<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](/source/1962%E2%80%9363_Scottish_Inter-District_Championship).<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](/source/1963%E2%80%9364_Scottish_Inter-District_Championship).<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](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team).<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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Category:1940 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:London Scottish F.C. players
Category:Blues Trial players
Category:Scotland Possibles players
Category:Rugby union centres
Category:People educated at Fettes College

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