Club And Rugby History history Of rugby Modern rugby football originated quite by accident the US owns thedistinction of having won the rugby championship in the olympic Games in http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Base/9097/history.htm
Extractions: The club was founded in 1976 by an Appleton Rugby icon- Jeff Johnson. Johnson simply wanted to play and Appleton Rugby was born. That year Appleton went undefeated, a feat yet to be repeated by a constant goal. The team traveled and represented Wisconsin at the Mid-America Cup. Players from the 70's include Ike Andrews, Pete Spinner, Pete Hunnicut, Greg Jinxs, Dan Labby, Steve Anderson. Modern rugby football originated quite by accident. In 1823, William Webb Ellis, a student at Rugby College, England was participating in an interclass football (soccer) game. At that time the rules allowed for advancement of the ball only by kicking, with no handling of the ball permitted. Ellis, chagrined over his failure to kick the bounding ball, picked it up and carried it downfield. His captain made profuse apologies for the breach of football etiquette. But the news of his run with the ball got around and certain players felt that the option of kicking or running with the ball might add zest to a contest. Up until Ellis' run, Rugby College had never deviated from strict soccer. However, when the play was discussed, it was custom to refer to it as "that play at Rugby", and eventually it was called "Rugby's game". It was decided to try rugby as an experiment, and it was ruled that a player could run with the ball, if caught on the fly or on the first bounce. Players who tried it took an immediate liking to the sport.
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1976 Montreal Canada Olympics History The history of the olympics Before the olympic Games, New Zealand's rugby team touredSouth Africa (still mired in apartheid) and played against them. http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa081000v.htm
Extractions: Advertisement 1976 - Montreal, Canada The 1976 Olympic Games were marred by boycotts and drug allegations. Before the Olympic Games, New Zealand's rugby team toured South Africa (still mired in apartheid ) and played against them. Because of this, much of the rest of Africa threatened the IOC to ban New Zealand from the Olympic Games or they would boycott the Games. Since the IOC had no control over the playing of rugby, the IOC tried to persuade the Africans not to use the Olympics as retaliation. In the end, 26 African countries boycotted the Games. Also, Taiwan was excluded from the Games when Canada would not recognize them as the Republic of China.
The History Of The Houston Athletic Rugby Club had been captain of the rugby team, and after spending another 4 years in the Navywhere he played for the olympic Club in the Northern California rugby Union. http://www.houstonrugby.org/harc.asp
Extractions: HARC was formed on July 17, 1998 by the merger of the Houston Rugby Football Club the Houston Old Boys Rugby Football Club and the Houston Hurricanes Rugby Football Club. These clubs joined to leverage their strengths and promote rugby in the Houston area. HARC is a member club of the Texas Rugby Union, the Western Rugby Football Union and the United States of America Rugby Football Union. The Club supports youth, high school and collegiate rugby development in Houston. THE TEAM FORMERLY KNOWN AS HOUSTON RFC In 1969, Nat Davis (later to become President of Gerald Hines and currently found at the Houston Polo Club) figured his rugby days were over. He had returned to Houston after graduating from Notre Dame in 1964, where he had been captain of the rugby team, and after spending another 4 years in the Navy where he played for the Olympic Club in the Northern California Rugby Union. One afternoon, however, while driving through Memorial Park he happened upon John Savage (a South African) who was practicing kicking a rugby ball. After trading experiences they decided that there might be more players interested in forming a team.
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Extractions: Thursday, September 14, 2000 By J. Gilbert and P. Santilli, AP The 2000 Olympics feature the largest Olympic stadium ever. At a cost of about $400 million to build, Stadium Australia can seat up to 110,000 spectators. Construction began in September 1996 and was completed in March 1999. The stadium's design was inspired by the Australian slouch hat, or akubra. State-of-the-art features enhance the energy efficiency, ventilation and natural lighting.
LARC...Home Of The 2001 Southern California Div II Champions LARC history The LOS ANGELES rugby CLUB, the second oldest club in the Southern andDick Hyland, members of the Gold Medal winning 1924 USA olympic rugby Team. http://www.larugby.com/history.html
Extractions: The LOS ANGELES RUGBY CLUB, the second oldest club in the Southern California Rugby Football Union, celebrates its forty-fifth anniversary this year. The Club was founded in 1958 as the Universities Rugby Club. Founding members included former UCLA rugby coach Norm Padgett, plus Al Williams and Dick Hyland, members of the Gold Medal winning 1924 USA Olympic Rugby Team. LARC has regularly supplied the administrators, direction, and momentum for the development of Rugby Union Football on the Pacific Coast. For example, LARCers have been officers of: USA RFU (Moneymaker, Ganey); Pacific Coast RFU (Moneymaker); Southern California RFU (Moneymaker, Devine, Farley, Ganey, Ginepra, Holt, Ninegar, Sardell, Wooler, Scott, Jenks, Kelley); Southern California Referees Society (Piggott, Rauch, Ginepra), Dick Moneymaker and Leon Farley, LARC members, worked together for nearly a decade to bring to fruition the United States of America Rugby Football Union in 1976. Their efforts toward this, dating from their days as active players in 1965, began at club meetings, continued at the SCRFU level where all three were officers and were strengthened by the formulation of the only territorial union position paper advocating a national union in 1968.
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Victorian Rugby Union - History Of Victorian Rugby Union history of Victorian rugby Dave Cowper, father of former Test cricketer and Universityrugby blue, Bob first Test Match in Victoria was staged at olympic Park. http://www.vicrugby.com.au/generic.asp?page=1055
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Extractions: History of Rugby In 1823 a young man by the name of W. W. Ellis of Rugby School in England invented a sport that would carry on forever. During a game of Foot-the-Ball, he picked up the ball and continued to run with it towards his opponent's goal post. This act caught the attention of many other schools. To prevent this act of play, they were issued to wear white gloves while holding silver coins between their fingers during the game. If the gloves were dirty or the coins were gone, it showed that players had tried to grasp the ball. Anyone who had any signs of trying to grasp the ball was thrashed after the game. Although this technique for a game was not welcome by many, the Cambridge University adopted the "handling game" very quickly. The game was soon popularized, and real rules were made. Rugby School did not accept the "handling game" of rugby until 1841. Even though, it was not until 1871 that permanent rules were formed and approved for the game by the Rugby League.
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Extractions: L'HISTOIRE DES JEUX : Obviously, I have not lived long enough to experience or witness the entire history of the modern Olympic Games. Therefore, credit goes to YAHOO! for most of the information I have in these websites. This site is also not affiliated with the Olympics or the IOC. All pictures, logos, trademarks and symbols are properties of the Olympic Movement and are used here for identification purposes only. This site is for personal use only. HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES Beginning in 776 B.C., the Olympic Games were held in the Valley of Olympia in Greece as a religious festival involving one event, a stade race held over 192 meters. By about 650 B.C., the Ancient Games were held over five days, involving running, wrestling, the pentathlon, horse riding and chariot racing. Athletes competed in the nude and upon victory were awarded a crown of wild olive leaves. Women and slaves were strictly forbidden to attend the Games under the punishment of death. In between, the 1976 Games were boycotted by 32 nations - most of them from black Africa - because the IOC did not ban New Zealand who earlier had toured racially-segregated South Africa in a rugby tournament. The 1980 Games were boycotted by 64 nations, led by the USA, to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on Dec 27, 1979. The 1984 were boycotted by 14 communist Eastern Bloc nations, led by the USSR, as revenge for 1980.
History Of 20th Century Sport 1900-20 history of 20th century sport 190020 by The world's oldest olympic champion, Sloveniangymnast Leon Arnold, renowned headmaster of England's rugby School and http://city.reuters.com/global/cluboffers/features/276225/
Sport rugby league hit by positive test findings 05 September 2002 rugby league and As the30th anniversary of the darkest hour in olympic history approaches, on the http://sport.independent.co.uk/sports_politics/index.jsp?page=3
Extractions: The Greek athletic games, otherwise commonly recognized as the Panhellenic Games, were an integral part of Greek life. They combined religion, sport, and music into extravagant festivals involving peoples throughout Mediterranean. Not only did they attract thousands of participants and spectators to their venues, but they also promoted solidarity among the various Greek city-states. By the Classical period, their influence was felt throughout Greece. There were four main games: the Olympic Games, Pythian Games, Nemean Games, and Isthmian Games. The games at Olympia were the oldest and most famous of these. They all began quite humbly as religious ceremonies. While the games had a small religious aspect throughout their history, this role diminished as time progressed. Mythological evidence suggests that the athletic events originally served as entertainment for humans and gods and were loosely associated with sacrificial offerings. At first they were purely local events most likely spanning two or three days, consisting only of dancing, running, and wrestling. The centrepiece of every Olympics is the track and field stadium. Stadium Australia has built the largest Olympic arena in history with 110,000 spectators able to see the opening and closing ceremonies, track and field program and the final of the men's soccer tournament. Under an agreement brokered by the Olympic Co-ordination Authority, the majority of the cost of the $A615 million stadium is being borne by the private sector with the NSW public having ultimate ownership of the venue. Stadium Australia has already hosted several world-class events including top-flight rugby league and union, American NFL and the FIFA All Stars.
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Extractions: the foundation the players the gentlemen club officers Dallas Harlequins History The Dallas Harlequins Rugby Football Club was formed in January, 1971 and named in honor of the venerable Harlequin FC of London, England. The Club grew quickly from a handful of members to become a force in the Texas Northern Counties Rugby Football Union, the Texas Rugby Football Union and, beginning in the 1980's, the Western Rugby Football Union and the United States Rugby Union. For over twenty years, the Harlequins have been one of the top clubs in the United States, having earned their way to the "Final Four" of the National Rugby Championships six times. In 1983, the club reached the Championship finals in Chicago and, in 1984, the Harlequins won the National Club championship in Hartford, Connecticut, defeating the Los Angeles Rugby Club by 31 points to 12. Since that time, the Harlequins have finished third in the National Championships four times: 1986 in Tampa, 1991 in San Diego, 1992 in Denver and 1995 in Austin. Of the more than 1700 rugby clubs in the United States, few have matched the Harlequins' success at the national level. The club has done even better at the regional level. The Harlequins 1st side won the Texas Rugby Football Union Championships for the first time in 1975 and
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Extractions: Hist ory Of Rugby: As legend has it, rugby was invented in 1823 during an intramural soccer match at a private boarding school in Rugby, England. A young William Webb Ellis became so frustrated by his inability to kick the ball that he picked it up and ran towards the goal. Webb Ellis might just have something! thought his schoolmates. And so Rugby football was born. Rugby is the father of another version of football - American football. Almost all precepts of the American game are based upon rugby. The first college football game ever in America, Rutgers vs. Princeton in 1869, was, in fact, rival fraternity brothers having a go at the English schoolboy game of rugby. It was not until the mid 1880s that Yale football coach Walter Camp Americanized the game by inventing the gridiron, along with the concepts of downs and blocking. To this day the game of American football is referred to overseas as gridiron. Basketball too has its roots in rugby. Dr. James Naismith , who declared rugby his first-love, created basketball while searching for ways to train his Illinois football players indoors through the bitter Midwest winters. A true student will quickly recognize that many basketball fundamentals originate from rugby.
