| Full name | James Llewellyn Shanklin | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 December 1948 East Williamston, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Greenhill Grammar School, Tenby | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Tom Shanklin (son) | ||||||||||||||||
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James Llewellyn Shanklin (born 11 December 1948) is a Welsh former rugby union international.
The son of a farmer, Shanklin grew up in Tenby and attended Greenhill Grammar School, where he was coached by ex-Wales player Denzil Thomas. He moved to England to work after leaving school and spent his rugby career with London Welsh RFC, which he also captained for a period. [1] During the early 1970s, Shanklin earned four caps for Wales playing as a three-quarter and scored one try, against Ireland in 1973 at the National Stadium in Cardiff. [2]
Shanklin set up a sports store on Acton High Street, London in 1980 with a London Welsh teammate, called James Shanklin Sports. [2] He has a son Tom, born in London, who was capped 70 times for Wales in the 2000s. [3]