# Kurt Shuman

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{{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     =
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| height         = 6 ft 1 in
| weight         = 202 lb
| occupation     =
| school         =
| university     = [Pennsylvania State University](/source/Pennsylvania_State_University)<br />[Oxford University](/source/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](/source/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](/source/BBC_News) |date=November 15, 2000}}</ref>

==Biography==
Shuman, a native of [Rockville, Maryland](/source/Rockville%2C_Maryland), was a [Penn State](/source/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions) 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](/source/Daily_Collegian) |language=en |date=October 10, 1996}}</ref>

Capped 29 times, Shuman competed on the [United States national team](/source/United_States_national_rugby_union_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Sunday_Telegraph) |date=October 10, 1999}}</ref>

Shuman undertook postgraduate studies at [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) and was awarded a rugby [blue](/source/Blue_(university_sport)).<ref>{{cite news |title=Oxford bank on Aussie power |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6637476.oxford-bank-aussie-power/ |work=[Oxford Mail](/source/Oxford_Mail) |date=December 1, 1998 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of United States national rugby union players](/source/List_of_United_States_national_rugby_union_players)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ESPNscrum|12496}}

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Category:1974 births
Category:Living people
Category:United States international rugby union players
Category:1999 Rugby World Cup players
Category:Rugby union players from Maryland
Category:Sportspeople from Rockville, Maryland
Category:Rugby union fullbacks
Category:Penn State Nittany Lions athletes
Category:Oxford University RFC players

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