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Okinawa 1977-1978 Men Portal

Wild West Show.jpg
The team (the Wild West Show) practiced and played most games on the grounds of Kue Army Hospital, but we were considered a Kadena team.

There was a Camp Hansen team that drifted in and out of existence during the same time period.

By 78, most of our competition was played against the three Japanese Self Defense Force teams on the island (Air, Ground, Naval). The one Japanese civilian team on the island refused to play any of us US military teams because we played “football”, not rugby. Within the year, with proper refereeing by Marine Mike Malone, we got them to play a few games, convincing them US rugby teams could play rugby if properly reffed.

Other teams were Koza City Old Boys, Camp Schwab, and wevmade annual trips to Taiwan to play the Taipei Giants and Taiwan Orthopedic College, and an annual trip to Clark AB

In the early summer of ’78, Mike Malone (MC), Dennis Gill (AF), Eddie Hutsell (Navy), and the Army 2dLt met with the civilian Japanese team leaders and the JSDF team leaders and formed the Okinawa Rugby Union.


POST CHRISTMAS EVE MATCH Back, L to R: Grit Harding, Mike Malone, Eddie Burnette, ?, Frank Egan, Dennis Gill, John Blanchette, Steve Forberg, Tom "Spud" Simmonds, Bob Guzzo, ?; Front: Eddie Hutsell, Doug Fisher, ?, Mike Knowles, Paul Berube, Tom Gripo, ?, Dave Jenner, ?, Dennis Harkness Lying down: Way Moy
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Team Record

Fall 77 Record
Date Opponent Score Notes
<date> JASDF 25-20
<date> JASDF 10-0
13 Dec Japanese Navy side (JMSDF) <score> T by Berube, Jenner, C by Harding
24 Dec Japanese Self Defense Ground Force (JSDGF) 18-0 T by Harding, Malone, Forberg; C by Blachette (1) and Simmons (2)
Spring 78 Record
Date Opponent Score Notes
<date> at Clark <score> International Friendship tournament, 2nd to RAF team from Hong Kong
<date> RAF in Manilla <score>
15 Jan JASDF <score>
May 20 Taipei Giants 18-8 T by Guzzo, Gill (2), Douglas, C (4) by Douglas
Jun 20 Miyazaki-ken All stars 0-6
Jun 20 Gurukun 4-10 T by Jenner
Jul 13 Camp Schwab 9th MarDiv 12-6 T by Grippo, Buzzo C (2) by Harkness


Roster
Last Name, First Name Service Rank Notes
Gill, Dennis AF Capt <class>
Malone, Mike MC <class>
Second Row MC, Major <class>
Hudsell, Eddie NA, 1/C PO
Burnett, Eddie USMC Capt
Grippo, Tom Army Lt
Jenner, Dave Navy PO <class>
Hartnett, Greg <firstName> <class>
Guzzo, Bob <firstName> <class>
Douglas, Bill <firstName> <class>
Danforth, Jim <firstName> <class>
Blemberg, PJ <firstName> <class>
Berube, Paul <firstName> <class>
Beyers, Gary <firstName> <class>
Harkness, Dennis <firstName> <class>
Egan, Frank USMC Major <class>
Lamont, Dave <firstName> <class>
Chinn, Courtney <firstName> <class>
Knowles, Mike <firstName> <class>
Homan, Mike <firstName> <class>
Simmonds, (Spud) Tom Navy Lt <class>
Harding, Irv <firstName> <class>
Kaufield, Mike AF <class>
Forberg, Steve AF <class>
Moy, Way MC <class>
Blanchette,John AR <class>
Holguin, Steve <class>


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Leadership

Coach - Capt Dennis Gill (AF) and Major Mike Malone (MC)

Unknown position - Lt CMDR William Dal Trader

Ed Hutsell

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Media

after a game with Camp Hansen


Click here for more 1977-1978 Kadena clippings

Click here for 1977-1978 Kadena Stories

Click here for 1977-1978 Taiwan tour photos


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