# Colby Slater > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Colby_Slater > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Colby_Slater.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colby_Slater > Source revision: 1350628642 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|US international rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Colby Slater | image = File:Colby Slater 1924.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Slater in 1924 | birth_name = | fullname = Colby Edmund Slater | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|04|30}} | birth_place = [Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_California) | death_date = {{death date and age|1965|01|30|1896|04|30}} | death_place = [Clarksburg, California](/source/Clarksburg%2C_California) | height = | weight = | school = | university = [UC Davis](/source/UC_Davis) | ru_position = [Second row](/source/Rugby_union_positions) | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = [United States](/source/United_States_national_rugby_union_team) | repyears1 = 1920–1924 | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = December 19, 2018 }} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Men's [rugby union](/source/rugby_union)}} {{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Rugby_union_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}} {{MedalGold|[1920 Antwerp](/source/1920_Summer_Olympics) | [Team competition](/source/Rugby_union_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics)}} {{MedalGold|[1924 Paris](/source/1924_Summer_Olympics) | [Team competition](/source/Rugby_union_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics)}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Colby Edmund "Babe" Slater''' (April 30, 1896 – January 30, 1965) was an American [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player who captained the [United States national rugby union team](/source/United_States_national_rugby_union_team) that won the gold medal at the [1924 Summer Olympics](/source/1924_Summer_Olympics). He was a member of the American rugby union team, which won the gold medal in 1920 and 1924.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18255 |title=Colby Slater |work=Olympedia |access-date=29 August 2021}} ==Biography== Colby Slater was born on April 30, 1896, in [Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_California),{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/2718.html |title=Colby Slater |author= |website=espn.co.uk |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=December 19, 2018}} the son and youngest of four children of John Slater and Louise Slater (born Chenery{{cite web |url=http://therugbyhistorysociety.co.uk/cslater.html |title=Colby Slater |last=Casey |first=Patrick |date= |publisher=The Rugby History Society |access-date=December 21, 2018}}).{{cite web |url=https://slater.library.ucdavis.edu/index.php/colby-babe-slater/ |title=Colby E. "Babe" Slater |author= |date= |publisher=[Peter J. Shields Library](/source/Peter_J._Shields_Library) at the [University of California, Davis](/source/University_of_California%2C_Davis) |access-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406034758/https://slater.library.ucdavis.edu/index.php/colby-babe-slater/ |url-status=dead }} With his older brother, Norman, Slater attended [Berkeley High School](/source/Berkeley_High_School_(California)) and played for the school's rugby team in 1912 and 1913, winning a state championship in 1912. In 1914, Slater enrolled at the University Farm School in [Davis, California](/source/Davis%2C_California). (The University Farm School was then a branch of the College of Agriculture at the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) and is considered a precursor to the [University of California, Davis](/source/University_of_California%2C_Davis), which claims him as an alumnus.) Slater graduated from the University Farm School in May 1917, and enlisted in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) shortly thereafter. He served with the [Medical Corps](/source/Medical_Corps_(United_States_Army)) in [France](/source/France) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I). In 1919, Slater returned to [California](/source/California) and began his career as a [farmer](/source/farmer). In 2011, Slater was inducted twice into the [U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame](/source/USA_Rugby), as a member of both the 1920 and 1924 national teams. In 2012, Slater was again inducted into the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame, but this time as an individual player. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://content.cdlib.org/view;jsessionid=5Nkya10RBy6KdocU?docId=kt5p3020w9&chunk.id=bioghist-1.8.3&brand=oac=Biography] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929170700/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SLATECOL01 Colby Slater at databaseOlympics.com] *[http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/specol/collections/manuscripts/index.php?collection=309 Colby E. “Babe” Slater Papers] at [http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/specol/ Special Collections Dept.], University Library, University of California, Davis {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Slater, Colby}} Category:1896 births Category:1965 deaths Category:University of California, Davis alumni Category:Rugby union players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rugby Category:United States international rugby union players Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Category:United States Army personnel of World War I Category:Farmers from California Category:Sportspeople from Berkeley, California Category:Rugby union players from California Category:20th-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Colby Slater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colby_Slater) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colby_Slater?action=history)). 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