Dan Lyle
Birth name | Daniel Joseph Lyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | September 28, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 252 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Virginia Military Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Joseph Lyle (born September 28, 1970) is an American former
Early life
Lyle was born in Louisville, Kentucky.[2][3][4] A 1992 graduate of Virginia Military Institute where he played college football, he took up rugby union at age 23 in an attempt to keep fit.
National team
Lyle debuted for the U.S. national team against
Professional rugby
He joined
He had been invited to train with the
Lyle was inducted into the US Rugby Hall of Fame on June 4, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA.
Management
Dan Lyle worked for United World Sports as an Executive Vice President and Tournament Director with USA Sevens LLC from 2006 to 2016, the owner and operator of the USA Sevens rugby tournament.[6] That tournament is played every year at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, and is the largest commercial rugby tournament in the United States. Dan Lyle left UWS for to become the Director of Rugby for Anschutz Entertainment Group launching AEG Rugby in October 2016.[7][8]
Personal
Lyle married Rebecca Hansford on December 30, 2004, at St John's Church in Bath, England. They have three boys and reside just outside Boulder, Colorado.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ "Lyle Dan". Bath Heritage. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ Dan Lyle player profile Scrum.com
- ^ "Lyle to captain Bath". BBC Sport Online. August 1, 2001. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ Lyle, Dan (March 29, 2015). "Twitter conversation with Dan Lyle on where he was born". Twitter. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "The Third Heineken Cup Final". epcrugby.com. January 31, 1998. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ IRBsevens.com, The Big Interview: Dan Lyle, January 22, 2014, http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=4/news/newsid=2070025.html#the+big+interview+dan+lyle
- ^ "Lyle Leaves UWS, Joins AEG". October 21, 2016.
- ^ "AEG's new rugby division".