Michael Shaw (16 July 1975 – 19 March 2012) was an English

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played for

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

, Bramley,

Rochdale Hornets The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the League 1, the third tier of European rugby league. The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs tha ...

and Halifax.

Playing career

Shaw started his professional career at

, joining the club from Elland in 1993. In 1997, after playing 38 games for Leeds, he was loaned out to Bramley. In 1998, he joined

. In July 1999, he was signed by Halifax, and made five Super League appearances for the club, scoring one try. He later went on to play for amateur club Siddal.

Death

In March 2012, Shaw died aged 36.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Mick 1975 births 2012 deaths Bramley R.L.F.C. players English rugby league players Halifax Panthers players Leeds Rhinos players Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Halifax, West Yorkshire