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Rugby player

Jim Shackleton

Birth name

James Alexander Pirie Shackleton

Date of birth

(1940-04-03)3 April 1940

Place of birth

Date of death

14 September 2022(2022-09-14) (aged 82)

School

Rugby union career

Jim Shackleton (4 April 1940 - 14 September 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He normally played at Centre.

Rugby Union 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.

He was part of the London Scottish side that won the Middlesex Sevens five times in the 1960s.

He played for Blues Trial on 9 February 1963.

He played for Scotland Possibles on 28 December 1963.

Shackleton played for Scotland Schools.

He went on to receive 7 senior caps for Scotland. He scored a try in his last match, the 1965 game against South Africa, in a 8- 5 win for Scotland.

He was a consultant in the building trade with the construction company Higgs and Hill.