Bill Shiflet | |
Full Name: | William Shiflet |
Birth Date: | 22 July 1954 |
Height: | 6 ft 5 in |
Weight: | 250 lb |
School: | Cordova High School |
University: | UC Berkeley |
Position: | Lock |
Repyears1: | 1983–87 |
Repcaps1: | 4 |
Reppoints1: | 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]