Birth name | Gary Mel Hein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | March 26, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of California (Social Sciences and Modern Corporations bachelor's degree) Oxford University(Masters in Jurisprudence) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Mel Hein (grandfather) Mel Hein Jr. (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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., who briefly held the U.S. indoor pole vault record with a jump of 16'5 3/4" at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.[2]