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]
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.
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]