John O'Neil (USA rugby union)

John Thomas O'Neil ( born October 4, 1898 in Faulkton, South Dakota, † March 25, 1950 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American rugby union player. The 1.77 m wide Erstreihenstürmer was with U.S. Selection double Olympic champion of 1920 and 1924.

O'Neil was born into a wealthy Texas family in the oil industry; as a student at Santa Clara University he came in contact with the rugby. He belonged to the team of Santa Clara that in 1915-17, the California Rugby defeated and after ten consecutive victories in 1916 champion was against UC Berkeley. In addition to O'Neil presented the Santa Clara team for the 1920 and 1924 two more four U.S. rugby Olympic champion. He was an important organizer and Finanziee both U.S. Turneen to the Olympics and came with all games the Eagles at Olympia, and the only other test of the U.S. selection at the two European tours in October 1920 against France for use. In the final game of the Olympic competition in 1924, also against France, broke at O'Neil by a kick to the stomach, a relatively fresh appendectomy scar on to replace it with other players for the inability he played the encounter, however, end there.

O'Neil worked in the family oil business. With his brother Louis, he was among the first investors in the Cat Creek oil field in Petroleum County, Montana. In 1926 she sold their local investments for U.S. $ 5 million to the California Oil Company. From 1924, he operated a petroleum refinery at Sunburst, Montana.