Ray Cornbill Explained

Ray Cornbill
Birth Name:Ray Cornbill
Years1:1962-1965
Years2:1967-1971
Clubs1:Montreal Barbarians
Clubs2:Manhattan Rugby Football Ckub
Coachteams1:Manhattan Rugby Football Club
Coachteams2:American Cougars
Coachyears1:1966
Coachyears2:1978
Coachyears3:1976-1983
Occupation:Rugby union coach and player

Ray Cornbill is an American former rugby union coach, best known for coaching the United States national rugby union team and the American Cougars.[1]

Career

Cornbill played for the Montreal Barbarians in 1962-1965 and was its captain in 1964.[2]

Cornbill played for the Manhattan Rugby Football Club in 1965 and became its head coach in 1966.

In 1976, Cornbill became the head coach of the United States national rugby union team. He left the position in 1983, but returned in 2000 as assistant coach.

In 1978, Cornbill became the head coach of the American Cougars.

Awards

Cornbill was inducted into the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame in 2013[3] and into the Maccabi USA Rugby Hall of Fame in 2018.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000-04-05. Cornbill named USA assistant coach. 2020-09-01. ESPN.com. en.
  2. Web site: US Maccabiah Rugby » Ray Cornbill- Class of 2018. 2020-09-01. en-US.
  3. Web site: USRF Inducts 12 Greats into U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame – US Rugby Foundation. 2020-09-07. en-US.
  4. Web site: Marine. Dakota. 2018-02-13. Maccabi USA Rugby Hall of Fame to Induct Ray Cornbill, Stuart Krohn, and Shawn Lipman. 2020-09-01. Maccabi USA. en-US.