William Shiflet (born July 22, 1954) is an American former international rugby union player.
Full name | William Shiflet | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | July 22, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
School | Cordova High School | ||||||||||||||||
University | UC Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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A football defensive lineman in his youth, Shiflet attended Cordova High School and took up a football scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley. He later played semi-professional football for the Sacramento Buffalos.[1]
Shiflet was a second-row forward in rugby and played for the Sacramento Capitals, which he joined in 1978.[2] A member of the US national team in the 1980s, Shiflet was capped four times, playing as a lock. He toured Australia in 1983 and again in 1987 for the Rugby World Cup, where he came off injured in the match against the Wallabies in Brisbane.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Van Vliet, Jim (May 29, 1982). "Rugger's Habits Fading". The Sacramento Bee.
- ^ Burns, Bob (February 14, 1985). "Hit-and-run rugger". The Sacramento Bee.
- ^ "Vandy grad hurt in World Rugby". The Tennessean. June 2, 1987.
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