{{Short description|US international rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Ray Lehner | image = | caption = | full_name = Raymond Paul Lehner | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|03|13}} | birth_place = Sacramento, United States | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 1 in | weight = 241 lb | occupation = | school = Jesuit High School | university = UC Berkeley / Oxford University | relatives = | position = Prop | repyears1 = 1995–00 | repteam1 = {{nrut|United States}} | repcaps1 = 37 | reppoints1 = 0 }} '''Raymond Paul Lehner''' (born March 13, 1972) is an American former rugby union international.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ray Lehner (2022) - California Athletics Hall of Fame |url=https://calbears.com/honors/california-athletics-hall-of-fame/ray-lehner/1347 |website=California Golden Bears Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
==Biography== Lehner was born in Sacramento and attended Jesuit High School. He went on to play rugby with the Golden Bears of UC Berkeley, featuring in their 1991, 1992 and 1993 Division I championship teams.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Faraudo |first1=Jeff |title=Three-time Olympic Swimmer Nathan Adrian Tops Cal's 2022 Hall of Fame Class |url=https://www.si.com/college/cal/other-sports/2022-cal-hall-of-fame |website=Sports Illustrated |language=en |date=May 23, 2022}}</ref> A prop, Lehner gained 37 caps playing for the United States from 1995 to 2000, which included two appearances at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |title=All-Time American List: Ray Lehner |url=https://www.goffrugbyreport.com/news/all-time-american-list-ray-lehner |website= Goff Rugby Report |language=en |date=February 14, 2021}}</ref> He played rugby for Oxford University RFC while studying at Kellogg College, Oxford and earned four blues.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lehner leaves Henley as University regroup |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6635392.lehner-leaves-henley-university-regroup/ |work=Oxford Mail |date=September 22, 1999 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *List of United States national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|12081}}
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