Roy Radu
| Date of birth | September 11, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roy E. Radu (born September 11, 1963 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a former Canadian national rugby player of Romanian descent. He played as a flanker, and played for the Canadian national team in the 1987 and 1991 Rugby World Cups.[1]
In 1988 he was the recipient of the Bobby Gaul Memorial Trophy an award presented by the University of British Columbia to the graduating male athlete who best combines the qualities of leadership and sportsmanship.[2]
In 2018, Radu was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1991 Rugby World Cup Canadian team.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Canada's Senior Men's Captains" (PDF). Rugby Canada. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "Bobby Gaul Memorial Trophy". The University of British Columbia Athletics. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "1991 Canadian Men's Rugby (M)". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Roy Radu at ESPNscrum
- 1991 World Cup Team Honoured by BC Sports Hall of Fame. IndependentSportsNews.com
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Burnaby
- Rugby union players from British Columbia
- Canadian rugby union players
- Canada international rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Canadian people of Romanian descent
- University of British Columbia alumni
- People educated at Otago Boys' High School
- 1987 Rugby World Cup players
- 1991 Rugby World Cup players
- James Bay Athletic Association players