USS Theodore Roosevelt
From US Armed Forces Rugby
Had a team contact in 89-90:
President - Burke Wellborn
Match Secretary/Coach - John Dowd
And in the 1990 work up cycle
Contact was Jim "Bear' Convery III
We made the maiden USS TR/CVN-71 cruise DEC88 - JUN89, formed a ship's team and played all over the Med (only lost to the Brit Expats in Cairo/beat those snobbish french-f*ckers in Toulon). We talked MWR into buying us a full kit, top to bottom. Hershel West had never played before that cruise but was strong as all get out, fast. and generally athletic. Burke Wellburne was part of the TR club. We had some other USN Service club guys on the TR side. There was a #8, Dowdy?
