Don Shanks (footballer)

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Don Shanks (born Oct 2 1952) Hammersmith, London was footballer with Luton Town,QPR and Brighton and Hove Albion.

Don joined QPR in November 1974 from Luton and made his debut vs Burnley in December 1974. Don who was a defender, eventually played 180 league games for QPR (scoring 10 times)before transferring to Brighton in 1981.

He was perhaps more famously known for 2 things outside of football. Firstly he was Stan Bowles gambling partner and also dated Mary Stavin a Miss World in the 1970's.^{[citation needed]}