for Lidget Green in the Bradford League, and for Northumberland in the Minor Counties League. Journalism career and later life Shackleton became a sports journalist after retiring as a footballer. He had been an outspoken critic of the football establishment during his playing career, particularly so of the maximum wage rule. He used his nickname, The Clown Prince of Soccer, for his 1956 autobiography. One chapter of that book was "The Average Director's Knowledge of Football". It consisted of a single blank page. The book proved to be immensely popular, and ran into five editions within three months. Shackleton, who had also been a barber during his playing career, had three sons with his wife Marjorie. He moved to Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria on retirement and wrote Return of the Clown Prince with his son Roger. He had a heart attack in August 2000 and died on 28 November that year, aged 78. Statistics Club statistics Source: International statistics References Specific General 1922 births 2000 deaths Footballers from Bradford English footballers England youth international footballers England international footballers England wartime international footballers Association football inside forwards Association football outside forwards Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Enfield F.C. players London Paper Mills F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. wartime guest players Bevin Boys Newcastle United F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Southern Football League players English Football League players English Football League representative players English Football Hall of Fame inductees English cricketers Northumberland cricketers Minor Counties cricketers English male journalists English sportswriters 20th-century Royal Air Force personnel Kent Football League (1894–1959) players