Olympic Club RFC

Olympic
Full nameOlympic Club Rugby Football Club
UnionUSA Rugby
Nickname(s)Winged 'O' ruggers
Founded1908; 116 years ago (1908)
League(s)Pacific Rugby Premiership
Team kit

The Olympic Club RFC is a Pacific Rugby Premiership team based in San Francisco, California, and were the 2019 Division II USA national champions.[1] Known as the OC, or the Winged 'O' ruggers, the rugby team was formed in 1908 under the wing of the San Francisco Olympic Club, an athletic club and private social club which had been founded in 1860.[2][3]

Olympic Club Rugby is one of the oldest rugby clubs in California and has produced a number of notable players who have represented the United States national team. These include Olympic gold medal winners from 1920 and 1924, Charles Doe, Dink Templeton, George Dixon, and Rudy Scholz.[4]

More recent U.S. Eagles representatives include Brian McClenahan and Colin Hawley.[2]

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