Personal Life
Shackleton married his wife, Kathy, in 1951. She also hailed from his home town, Todmorden. They had a son, Julian Shackleton, who played cricket for Gloucestershire, and a daughter.
After retiring from first-class cricket, Shackleton lived at Ferndown and was coach and groundsman at Canford School in Dorset. He also umpired several first-class matches from 1979 to 1982. He finally retired in 1990. He became an honorary member of the MCC in 1994.
He died in Canford Magna, Dorset in September 2007 at the age of 83, survived by his two children, his wife having predeceased him.
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