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2. Rugby Football History Learn about the history of rugby including a comprehensive timeline, the Olympics, the 6 nations, the trinations and the rugby world cup. http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/olympics.htm

skip to: page content links on this page site navigation footer (site information) RugbyFootballHistory.com Want to help ? Origins of Rugby Timeline Regulation ... Medal Summary Rugby at the Olympics Home Origins of Rugby Timeline Rugby at War ... Programmes Regulation National Rugby Unions Laws Scoring Numbering ... Positions Early History Rugby School Club History Bloxam's Letter William Webb-Ellis ... Thomas Hughes Equipment The ball Apparel Competitions Olympics 6 Nations Tri-Nations Rugby World Cup ... Wallabies Say goodbye to the old Lansdowne Road. Introduction The olympics was resurrected in modern times by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator. He formed the international Olympic committee (IOC) in 1894 and introduced rugby to the second games in 1900. De Coubertin admired the ethos of the Game, its moral values as well as the physical and mental skills required to play it. His biographers mention boxing, fencing, rowing and horse-riding as his main sporting interests. They however failed to underline his active interest in Football Rugby, reflected in a famous essay called Notes about Foot-ball, which he wrote in 1896: Lord Sebastian Coe visited Rugby School on 30 April, 2009 to unveil a plaque recognising Rugby as the main source of inspiration for the modern Olympic Games.

3. Answers.com - How Many Women Were In The 2004 Olympics By doing so, you include all of your history (contributions, messages, profile Rugby, Olympic History Edit categories http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_women_were_in_the_2004_Olympics

4. Olympic Games The 1924 Games can only be described as the lowest point of rugby Olympic history. Not because it was the last time rugby was included in the Games, but because of the http://blackswans.org/olympic_games.htm

www.blackswans.org Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, is acknowledged to be the man that resurrected the modern Olympic Games. Born in Paris in 1863, Coubertin, whose father was an artist and mother a musician, was raised in cultivated and aristocratic surroundings. He was deeply interested in questions of education and for him, education was the key to the future of society. His family's ambitions had historically been in military and political affairs and whilst he chose a different career, he was influenced by the French military defeats of his childhood and sought the means to make France rise after its defeat in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. Coubertin was a very active sportsman and practiced the sports of boxing, fencing, horse-riding and rowing. He was convinced that sport was the springboard for individual and collective development and it was this conviction that led him to revive the Olympic Games. He formed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894 and the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens in 1896. Perhaps the most famous quote linked with the Olympic games is universally referred to as "The Olympic Creed". The words were articulated by Coubertin -

5. Answers.com - Who Won The Gold Medal In The 1900 Olympics For Rugby Union Who won the gold medal in the 1900 olympics for rugby union? Rugby, Olympic History Edit categories http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_won_the_gold_medal_in_the_1900_olympics_for_rugby_

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