{{Short description|US international rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Kurt Shuman | image = | caption = | full_name = Kurt Daniel Shuman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|01|05}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 1 in | weight = 202 lb | occupation = | school = | university = Pennsylvania State University<br />Oxford University | relatives = | position = Fullback | repyears1 = 1997–01 | repteam1 = {{nrut|United States}} | repcaps1 = 29 | reppoints1 = 15 }} '''Kurt Daniel Shuman''' (born January 5, 1974) is an American former international rugby union player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eagles name unchanged side |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/wales/1024951.stm |work=BBC News |date=November 15, 2000}}</ref>
==Biography== Shuman, a native of Rockville, Maryland, was a Penn State varsity captain and could play as a fly-half or fullback.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hawley |first1=Krista |title=Shuman catches glimpse of future |url=https://www.psucollegian.com/archives/shuman-catches-glimpse-of-future/article_51824b82-8acd-5365-8b7b-14f5e63f1f59.html |website=Daily Collegian |language=en |date=October 10, 1996}}</ref>
Capped 29 times, Shuman competed on the United States national team between 1997 and 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dark Blues armed with American firepower |url=https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/latest-news/354610/dark-blues-armed-with-american-firepower/ |website=The Rugby Paper |date=March 27, 2022}}</ref> He was used in Test rugby as a fullback and featured in all three of America's pool matches at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, where they were grouped with Australia, Ireland and Romania. His 78th-minute try against Romania may have earned them a draw had Kevin Dalzell been accurate with his sideline conversion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Credit due as US recovery falls short |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/752435618 |work=Sunday Telegraph |date=October 10, 1999}}</ref>
Shuman undertook postgraduate studies at Oxford University and was awarded a rugby blue.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oxford bank on Aussie power |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6637476.oxford-bank-aussie-power/ |work=Oxford Mail |date=December 1, 1998 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *List of United States national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|12496}}
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