Editing Len Shackleton (section)

==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.<ref>{{harvnb|Malam|2004|p=78}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{harvnb|Malam|2004|p=134}}</ref> The book proved to be immensely popular, and ran into five editions within three months.<ref>{{harvnb|Malam|2004|p=135}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Len Shackleton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/29/guardianobituaries.football |access-date=3 May 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 November 2000}}</ref>

Only after his death he became known to many and younger people, esp. to foreigners, because his fame was spread around Europe by the legendary "anarcho-folk-punk-band" Chumbawamba in their "Song To Len Shackleton" (released 2002 on their "Readymades" CD)