Christopher Patrick O'Brien (born August 5, 1964) is an American retired rugby union player who played at fly-half and centre and later served as an assistant coach for the United States national rugby union team.
| Date of birth | August 5, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Palo Alto, California | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby player, Coach | ||||||||||||||||
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Early life and career
editO'Brien was born in Palo Alto (CA), United States on August 5, 1964.[1]
He made his debut for the United States national rugby union team on June 11, 1988.[2]
He made a total of 22 official appearances for the USA Eagles, including two games at the 1991 Rugby World Cup and one game for the 1995 Rugby World Cup Qualifier.
O'Brien is fifth on the USA Eagles' list of all-time leading scorers with 144 points.[3]
He served as the kicking coach for the USA Eagles in 2015.[4][5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Christopher Patrick O'Brien". ESPN scrum. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "United States of America v Canada". ESPN scrum. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Chris O'Brien". ESPN scrum. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ "Chris O'Brien would not be surprised to see USA shock Scotland". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ London, Johnny Watterson. "Coach says USA will punch their weight at future World Cups". The Irish Times. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
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