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Bill Shiflet

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Bill Shiflet
Full nameWilliam Shiflet
Date of birth (1954-07-22) July 22, 1954 (age 70)
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight250 lb (113 kg)
SchoolCordova High School
UniversityUC Berkeley
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983–87 United States 4 (0)

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.[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]

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References

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  1. ^ Van Vliet, Jim (May 29, 1982). "Rugger's Habits Fading". The Sacramento Bee.
  2. ^ Burns, Bob (February 14, 1985). "Hit-and-run rugger". The Sacramento Bee.
  3. ^ "Vandy grad hurt in World Rugby". The Tennessean. June 2, 1987.
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