Luke Gross
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| Date of birth | November 21, 1969 | ||
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| Place of birth | Decatur, Indiana | ||
| Height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||
| Weight | 125 kg (19 st 10 lb; 276 lb) | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Lock | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| Cincinnati Wolfhounds | |||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 |
Harlequins Rovigo R. Roma Scarlets Rotherham Newcastle Doncaster Sheffield |
6 6 9 17 39 |
(0) (0) (0) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1996-2003 |  United States |
62 | (0) |
Luke Gross (born November 21, 1969 in Decatur, Indiana) is an American rugby union footballer. A lock who has played for various club sides, he earned 62 caps for the USA between 1996 and 2003. Gross was the all-time caps leader for the USA, until Mike MacDonald broke his record in 2011.[1]
Gross played basketball for the Marshall University Thundering Herd for two seasons (1991–92 and 1992–93).[2] Gross started his rugby career far later than most international players, even those from countries like the USA where rugby is not a major sport, not taking up the sport seriously until age 24, after he had attended Marshall University. He began his rugby career with the Cincinnati Wolfhounds.[3] His 6"9' frame gave him a considerable presence in the line-out.
Although he was named to the USA squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and played in the 2007 squad's final warmup against Celtic League side Munster, he did not play in the World Cup itself.[4] Gross last played rugby for the Doncaster Knights, who play in National Division One, the second level of the game in England.
He now works at the USA Rugby National Office in Boulder, CO as the High Performance Player Development Manager.
Clubs
Harlequins FC
Rugby Rovigo- Rugby Roma
Llanelli Scarlets- Rotherham Titans
- Newcastle Falcons
- Doncaster Knights
- Sheffield Tigers
See also
Notes and references
External links
- 1969 births
- American rugby union players
- Doncaster R.F.C. players
- Living people
- Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball players
- People from Decatur, Indiana
- Rotherham R.U.F.C. players
- Rugby Roma Olimpic players
- Rugby union locks
- United States international rugby union players
- American expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Expatriate rugby union players in Wales
- Expatriate rugby union players in England
- American expatriates in Italy
- American expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
