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Simon Shaw

Simon Shaw, English rugby player

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Born
September 1, 1973
Age in 2026
53
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1973

About Simon Shaw

Simon Dalton Shaw is an English former rugby union player. He played as a lock for Bristol, London Wasps and Toulon. He won 71 caps for England between 1996 and 2011 and two for the British & Irish Lions, with whom he toured three times. In the 2002–03 Zurich Premiership Shaw won the Premiership for the first time, defeating Gloucester in the final. That season Shaw also won his first European silverware with victory against Bath in the 2002–03 Parker Pen Challenge Cup. Wasps won the Tetley's Bitter Cup in 1999 and retained it the following season with a victory over the Northampton Saints.

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Simon Shaw timeline

  1. He won 71 caps for England between 1996 and 2011 and two for the British & Irish Lions, with whom he toured three times.
  2. Wasps won the Tetley's Bitter Cup in 1999 and retained it the following season with a victory over the Northampton Saints.
  3. In the 2002–03 Zurich Premiership Shaw won the Premiership for the first time, defeating Gloucester in the final.
  4. That season Shaw also won his first European silverware with victory against Bath in the 2002–03 Parker Pen Challenge Cup.

The world when Simon Shaw was born

Simon Shaw was born in 1973. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1973

  • #1 song"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando & Dawn
  • Top movieThe Sting
  • Top TV showAll in the Family
  • Best-selling bookGravity's Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSecretariat wins the Triple Crown with a record Belmont Stakes
  • Top headlineOPEC oil embargo triggers global energy crisis
  • Technology milestoneFirst mobile phone call (Martin Cooper, Motorola)
  • Defining fadPlatform shoes
  • Notable inventionMobile phone (Motorola prototype)
  • World population3.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonNew York Knicks (NBA)
  • U.S. population211.9M

1973 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Simon Shaw's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19732026
Gas$0.39$3.45/gal
Average home$22,100$435,000
Average income$13,500$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.77$11.95
Postage stamp$0.08$0.73
Population211.9M341 million

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