Career
A graduate of John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California, Shackelford earned 7 varsity letters in 3 years in basketball, baseball and golf. A 6"5" forward, Shackelford played college basketball at University of California, Los Angeles under legendary coach John Wooden. He was one of only 4 players to have started on 3 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship teams(67, 68, 69).
The others are Lew Alcindor, Curtis Rowe and Henry Bibby.
He complimented his teammates as a dead eye pure shooter. Most of his shots would be 3 pointers today.
He was later a broadcaster for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Columbia Broadcasting System, and National Broadcasting Company. Additionally he spent 7 seasons broadcasting all Los Angeles Lakers games with Chick Hearn.