Alec Gletzer (born October 10, 1991) is an American former international rugby union player.[1]
| Date of birth | October 10, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| University | UC Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||
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Gletzer grew up in the Bay Area. He left football to join the rugby program at Santa Barbara City College and went to play varsity rugby with UC Berkeley.[2]
A flanker, Gletzer was a United States Under-20s representative and earned a United States senior call up for the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship, gaining caps in matches against Canada and Chile, both as a replacement forward. Gletzer was also later selected for the USA 7’s team for its 2016 HSBC’s 7’s series in Dubai & Cape Town. [3]
Gletzer played professional rugby for the San Francisco Rush in the 2016 PRO Rugby season.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Zant, John (December 7, 2016). "Santa Barbara Rugby Academy Is Nation's First". The Santa Barbara Independent.
- ^ "Alec Gletzer: The Power of Possibility". California Golden Bears. September 22, 2014.
- ^ a b "Anderson, Gletzer to play for San Francisco". Americas Rugby News. March 26, 2016.
External links
edit- Alec Gletzer at ESPNscrum