List of United States national rugby union players

[4] Then referred to as All America, a team composed of California collegiate rugby players first toured Australia in 1910,[5] competing in twenty matches against multiple state-representative sides and the then recently-formed New Zealand Māori.

[9] After the All Blacks tour, amid a time where prominent California colleges and universities were transitioning back to playing American football from rugby union, no further matches were held.

[11] After each of the home nations declined to send a team to the Games on account of scheduling conflicts with their domestic competitions, and the teams from Romania and Czechoslovakia withdrew from the Games on short notice, the Olympic rugby union competition was reduced to a single match between the United States and France.

[16] A final match against the France national team was held on October 10, 1920 in Paris, resulting in a 14–5 defeat for the Americans.

[16] Daniel Carroll, veteran of the 1913 team, served as player-coach in 1920;[16] he was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2016.

[20] This time, however, the Olympic competition expanded to a three-team round-robin tournament with the United States, France, and Romania competing.

[22] Charles Doe, who acted as captain in Slater's absence in the Olympic match against Romania, was the team's vice-captain.

[25] USA Rugby was formally organized in June 1975 and fielded its first men's national team on January 31, 1976 in a test match against Australia—a 24–12 defeat.

A group of 21 young men arranged in two rows—twelve standing in back and nine seated in front—in rugby uniform: dark colored sweaters emblazoned with vertically-striped shields, black belts, light colored shorts, and light colored knee-length socks.
The All America team that played against Australia in 1912
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The United States team that played against New Zealand in 1913
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Dan Carroll made three test appearances for the United States from 1913–1920 and was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Morris Kirksey returned home from the 1920 Summer Olympics with three medals: gold in the 4 × 100 meter relay and silver in the 100 meter dash , in addition to his gold medal from the rugby competition . [ 28 ]
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In addition to scoring the majority of the Americans' points at the 1920 Olympics , [ 29 ] Robert "Dink" Templeton earned a 4th place finish in the men's long jump for the United States national track and field team at the same Olympic games. [ 30 ]
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Colby "Babe" Slater served as captain for the United States team during the 1924 Olympics .
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Former Eagles captain Todd Clever retired from international test rugby in 2017 with 76 caps—the most in team history. [ 35 ]
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Nese Malifa played for the Eagles at the Rugby World Cup in 2007 and 2011 . [ 36 ]
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Pat Danahy played for the Eagles at the 2011 Rugby World Cup . [ 38 ]