# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-shackleton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:33:18.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-shackleton"
name: "Derek Shackleton"
slug: "derek-shackleton"
description: "Derek Shackleton was a Hampshire and England bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-class cricket, but only played in seven Tests for England. He has the seventh-highest tally of first-class wickets, and the most first-class wickets of any player who began his career after World War II. He holds the record for the most first-class wickets taken by any Hampshire player."
tagline: "English Test and County cricketer, coach and umpire (1924-2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/43/Derek_Shackleton_1965.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1924-08-12"
deathDate: "2007-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             19.46236559139785
  historical:           4.876350666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump