Frank Shelford

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (born 1955)}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}}

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| name = Frank Shelford

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| birth_name = Frank Nuki Ken Shelford

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|05|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ōpōtiki, New Zealand

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| position = Flanker

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|93|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = New Zealand Māori

| repteam2 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repcaps1 =

| repcaps2 = 4

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| reppoints2 = 0

| repyears1 = 1979–83

| repyears2 = 1981–85

| province1 = Bay of Plenty

| province2 = Western Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.perthrugby.com.au/state.htm |title=Perth-Bayswater Rugby Club state representatives |date= |website= |publisher=Perth-Bayswater RUFC |accessdate=17 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317022940/http://www.perthrugby.com.au/state.htm |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}

| provinceyears1 = 1977–86

| provinceyears2 = 1989

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| relatives = Buck Shelford (nephew){{cite book |editor1-last=Hallinan | editor1-first=Chris | editor2-last=Judd | editor2-first=Barry |title=Native games: indigenour peoples and sports in the post-colonial world |year=2013 |publisher=Emerald |location=Bingley |isbn=978-1-78190-591-3 |page=xvi–xx}}
Darrall Shelford (nephew)
Exia Shelford (niece){{cite web |url=http://www.mormonnewsroom.org.nz/article/weekly-gatherings-help-family-heal-after-tragedy |title=Weekly gatherings help family heal after tragedy |date=1 October 2012 |website= |publisher=Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |accessdate=17 August 2014}}

| school = Ōpōtiki College

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Frank Nuki Ken Shelford (born 16 May 1955) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker, Shelford represented Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay at provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1981 to 1985. He played 22 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=787 |title = Frank Shelford | last = Luxford | first = Bob | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 17 August 2014}}

Of Whakatōhea descent, Shelford played for New Zealand Māori, captaining the side against Tonga in 1983. He won the Tom French Cup for Māori player of the year in 1981.

Shelford was named the supreme winner at the 1984 Bay of Plenty sports awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportbop.co.nz/sport_bop_news/id/851/Supreme%20Winner%20Announced |title=Supreme winner announced |date=22 November 2013 |website= |publisher=Sport Bay of Plenty |accessdate=17 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090558/http://www.sportbop.co.nz/sport_bop_news/id/851/Supreme%20Winner%20Announced |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}