Rugby player
| Full name | William Shiflet | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1954-07-22) July 22, 1954 (age 70) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Cordova High School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | UC Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||
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William Shiflet (born July 22, 1954) is an American former international rugby union player.
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.
Shiflet was a second-row forward in rugby and played for the Sacramento Capitals, which he joined in 1978. 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.
See also
References
- 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.
External links
- Bill Shiflet at ESPNscrum