Donald William James Jr. (born September 26, 1964) is an American former international
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player.
A tighthead prop, James won four national titles at the
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
, where he also played football as a defensive lineman. He earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors for football in 1983 and played in the 1984
Japan Bowl
The Japan Bowl (in Japanese, ジャパンボウル) was a post-season college football all-star game played in Japan each January from 1976 to 1993, which showcased East and West all-star teams made up of college football players from the United S ...
.
James played rugby with Oxford University in 1989, appearing alongside countryman
Gary Hein
Gary Mel Hein (born March 26, 1965 in Los Angeles) is a former American rugby union player. He played as a wing. He is grandson of the late New York Giants player and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mel Hein and son of the pole vaulter Mel Hein Jr., wh ...
in the Varsity match, to gain his blue. He was capped nine times for the
United States
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during the early 1990s.
See also
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List of United States national rugby union players
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
American rugby union players
United States international rugby union players
California Golden Bears football players
California Golden Bears rugby players
Rugby union props
Oxford University RFC players
American football defensive linemen