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All-Time American List: Jerry Walter

Jerry Walter was the fullback on the hugely successful Cal tour of Australia.

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All-Time American List: Brian Vizard

Most of us now know Brian Vizard as the head of the US Rugby Football Foundation, and as a TV announcer and analyst, but before all of that, Viz was the captain of the USA team.

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All-Time American List: Jeff Lombard

In a time when the best of thw West Coast often came from California exclusively, Jeff Lombard was an outlier.

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All-Time American List: Jay Hanson

Jay Hanson’s story is a classic one of the early days of the modern era of American rugby.

He found rugby where he could, and continued to perform at a high level whenever he did so. He played in high school in Maryland when that wasn’t really a thing. He attended TCU and found a club in Fort Worth to play for. 

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All-Time American List: Tony Ridnell

Tony Ridnell was the pride of Old Puget Sound Beach and was the towering force on their back row and 7s forward pack as Beach began a run of four national 7s club championships in five years. 

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