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Welcome to the USAFA Rugby Alumni wiki, the place where you can find out about the history of rugby at the USAF Academy as told by the players, coaches, and fans who made the USAFA Rugby program what it is today. This wiki was designed for you to contribute and help us collect memories of all those great times we all had while being part of USAFA Rugby. | Welcome to the USAFA Rugby Alumni wiki, the place where you can find out about the history of rugby at the USAF Academy as told by the players, coaches, and fans who made the USAFA Rugby program what it is today. This wiki was designed for you to contribute and help us collect memories of all those great times we all had while being part of USAFA Rugby. | ||
| − | + | The history starts from 1961, as the Air Force Academy had occasion to play rugby against visiting overseas teams prior to becoming an official intercollegiate team. Officially founded in 1968 by Captain Alan Osur and C2C Angus MacDonald, our first official matches were on 29 September 1968 where the A team beat the Denver Highlanders, 29-0, and the B side played the Denver University A team to a 16-16 tie. Fit and fast described play in those early years, prompting the Union President, Terry Fleener to nickname us "Zoomies"... the nickname stuck and continues on to this day. | |
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| + | If you are interested in how the long blue rugby line continues, do visit the current team's website: http://usafarugby.com/Welcome.html | ||
Revision as of 21:26, 5 April 2014
Welcome to the USAFA Rugby Alumni wiki, the place where you can find out about the history of rugby at the USAF Academy as told by the players, coaches, and fans who made the USAFA Rugby program what it is today. This wiki was designed for you to contribute and help us collect memories of all those great times we all had while being part of USAFA Rugby.
The history starts from 1961, as the Air Force Academy had occasion to play rugby against visiting overseas teams prior to becoming an official intercollegiate team. Officially founded in 1968 by Captain Alan Osur and C2C Angus MacDonald, our first official matches were on 29 September 1968 where the A team beat the Denver Highlanders, 29-0, and the B side played the Denver University A team to a 16-16 tie. Fit and fast described play in those early years, prompting the Union President, Terry Fleener to nickname us "Zoomies"... the nickname stuck and continues on to this day.
If you are interested in how the long blue rugby line continues, do visit the current team's website: http://usafarugby.com/Welcome.html
