James Lik | |
Full Name: | James Henry Lik |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1977 |
Birth Place: | New Hyde Park, New York |
Height: | 6 ft 7 in |
Weight: | 250 lb |
School: | New Hyde Park High School |
University: | Wake Forest University |
Position: | Lock |
Repyears1: | 2005 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
James Henry Lik (April 20, 1977 – April 3, 2022) was an American college football and rugby union player.[1]
Born in New Hyde Park on Long Island, Lik was an all-round sportsman at New Hyde Park Memorial High School, playing basketball, baseball and football.[2] He was a Division 1 football tight end with Wake Forest from 1996 to 1999.[3]
Lik, a 6 ft 7 in lock, played his rugby in Manhattan and in 2005 got his first call up to the U.S. national team, for the Super Cup in Japan, where he appeared in internationals against Canada and Romania.[4]