Charles Lee Tilden Jr., (June 4, 1894 – November 1, 1968) was an American

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player who competed in the

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. In 1920 he won the gold medal as a member of the American rugby union team. Four years later he was a reserve player in the American Olympic rugby union team but did not play. He was a resident of

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1894 births 1968 deaths American rugby union players Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Rugby union players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rugby United States international rugby union players Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{US-rugbyunion-bio-stub

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