Olympic Club RFC
Full name | Olympic Club Rugby Football Club | |
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Union | USA Rugby | |
Nickname(s) | Winged 'O' ruggers | |
Founded | 1908 | |
League(s) | Pacific Rugby Premiership | |
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The Olympic Club RFC is a Pacific Rugby Premiership team based in
Olympic Club Rugby is one of the oldest rugby clubs in California and has produced a number of notable players who have represented the
More recent U.S. Eagles representatives include Brian McClenahan and Colin Hawley.[2]
History
Early years
The game of rugby in the Bay Area received a boost in 1906 when, citing concerns about the safety of American football, the universities of California and Stanford dropped football in favor of rugby. The Big Game was played as rugby from 1906 to 1914.[5]
In 1907 an Englishman and rugby devotee named Edgar Pomeroy joined the San Francisco Olympic Club and lobbied for the formation of a rugby team. With the support of the club president and the board, the Olympic Club rugby team was formed in 1908, playing five other teams including Stanford and University of California in the first season. The club won the local championship the next season, in 1909.[4]
Pomeroy and fellow Olympic Club member Joseph Hickey became officials with the California Rugby Union. They arranged a series of touring matches to the West Coast for New Zealand's
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1990 onwards
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References
- ^ "2019 Club National Championship Recap". USA Rugby News. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ a b "San Francisco Olympic Club Rugby Match in Wellington". The Diplomatic Post. US Embassy to New Zealand and Samoa. 22 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Janssen, Frederick William (1888). A history of American amateur athletics and aquatics: with the records (Digitized March 9, 2010 ed.). Outing Company. pp. 131–2.
- ^ a b c "History". Olympic Club. 29 May 1985. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ISBN 9781406771411. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
External links
- Olympic Club RFC on Facebook