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4 unusual facts about Len Shackleton


Len Shackleton

His one goal was scored with a chip against the then World Champions West Germany in December 1954, the last England goal scored by a Sunderland player until Darren Bent's goal against Switzerland in September 2010 .

Chumbawamba included a song entitled "Song for Len Shackleton" on their 2002 album Readymades

Journalist Malcolm Hartley, who wrote a history of the Bradford team, wrote of Shackleton: "Apart from the adhesive ball control and breathtaking body swerve, Shack could hit a ball. His slender legs could crack the ball like a Bofors gun."

Ted Purdon

Playing alongside the likes of Len Shackleton and Billy Bingham, he scored 42 goals in 96 games for the club over his three-year career.



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