Don James (rugby union)
| Full name | Donald William James Jr. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | September 26, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| University | UC Berkeley University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Donald William James Jr. (born September 26, 1964) is an American former international rugby union player.
A tighthead prop, James won four national titles at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also played football as a defensive lineman. He earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors for football in 1983 and played in the 1984 Japan Bowl.[1]
James played rugby with Oxford University in 1989, appearing alongside countryman Gary Hein in the Varsity match, to gain his blue.[2] He was capped nine times for the United States during the early 1990s.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Don James Jr. Bio". California Golden Bears Athletics.
- ^ "International Brigade". Evening Standard. December 11, 1989.
- ^ "Don James Jr". www.usrugbyfoundation.org.
- ^ Pengelly, Martin (March 4, 2016). "USA Sevens brings world's finest to Vegas – but can US rugby live with the best?". The Guardian.