Ric Suggitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian rugby union footballer and coach
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Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
About Ric Suggitt
- Richard Allan "Sluggo" Suggitt (October 30, 1958 – June 27, 2017) was a Canadian rugby union footballer and a rugby union coach.
- Ric was also the head coach of the USA Women's 7's Olympic team and was the head coach at University of Lethbridge. He had to leave competitive rugby at a young age due to successive shoulder injuries.
- Then, he began his international coaching career. Suggitt was the coach of the female Canada national team and the men's national seven-a-side team, when he was appointed to the post of coach of the male Canada national rugby union team, in 2004.
- Under Suggitt the national team achieved qualification to the 2007 Rugby World Cup by beating the USA Eagles 56-7.
- The World Cup was not so successful and disappointingly only reached a 12-12 draw with Japan.
- In March 2008, he was replaced by New Zealand coach Kieran Crowley.
- Suggitt died on June 27, 2017 at the age of 58.
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