The 1924 United States rugby union tour of England and France was a series of five matches played by the

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in England and France during April and May 1924. The matches in England were warm-up matches for the 1924 Olympic Games. The United States was the defending Olympic champions and successfully defended their title despite fielding a team made up mainly of sportsmen from other sports. In the intervening years, between the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, France had played twenty-one internationals and the United States none.

Touring party

Full backs

* Charles Doe (

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)

Three-quarters

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(Stanford University) * George Dixon (

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) * Richard Hyland (Stanford University) * William Rogers (Stanford University) * Edward Turkington (Lowell High School) ( Olympic Club)

Half-backs

* Robert Devereux (Stanford University) * Rudy Scholz (

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)

Forwards

* Philip Clark (Stanford University) *

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(Stanford University) *

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(Stanford University) * Edward Graff (University of California) * Caesar Mannelli (Santa Clara University) * John O'Neill (Santa Clara University) * John Patick (Stanford University) *

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(University of California), (Davis Farm), (Olympic Club) *

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( Berkeley High School) * Alan Valentine (

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), (

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)

Undisclosed position

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(Palo Alto) * Hugh Cunningham (Santa Clara University) * Joseph Hunter (San Mateo High), (Beliston) *

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(Santa Clara University) * Alan Williams (

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), (Olympic Club)

Fixtures

Tour of England

1924 Olympic Tournament

References

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