 Several Stanford rugby players who played during those years—including Daniel Carroll, Dink Templeton, Morris Kirksey, Erwin Righter, John Patrick, and Charles Doe—went on to win a gold medal for the United States in rugby at the 1920 Summer Olympics.In its first season of rugby, Stanford retained head football coach James F. Lanagan as its first rugby coach.Lanagan had coached the football team for three years, including an undefeated 1905 season.