Bill Shiflet

Rugby player

Bill Shiflet

Full name

William Shiflet

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

Rugby union career

International career
Position(s)	Lock
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]

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.