Full Name: Wade David Gowl
Nickname: Wade O most recently
Birthplace: Baltimore
Birthdate: May 6, 1951
Occupation: Marketing
Marital status: Married two years to Soozi
College: Washington and Lee U
Years playing: 31 years
Positions: Hooker mainly
Previous clubs: Chesapeake if you want to call that a previous
Why you started playing: The fun of the sport, on and off the pitch

Favorite International team: Have no favorite
Favorite players: Those that show up, or my three best teammate tacklers, Steve Laake. Mike Jenkins and Lance French
Biggest influence in rugby: My fraternity brothers at my college for introducing me to the sport and to one of them, Joel Legin, for introducing me to Chesapeake. Clarence Culpepper and Peter Brock for taking me to a higher level
Best memory in rugby: First being the winning hooker in the championship game at the Wake Forest Tournament ~’83. Second watching us beat PAC, at their field, the first game of the fall after they had won the national championship the spring before
Biggest disappointment in rugby: Steve Laake leaving the team after we qualified for the playoffs in 95 (was it?) and our team losing both games in the playoffs that followed that next spring where we were seeded first
Favorite post-match ritual: Drinking till my first bathroom visit at the party
Favorite Baltimore Bar: Still searching or Mum’s.
Favorite Beer: Bass

Other sports: Participating- Horse back riding, general fitness at the gym, biking outside, running (though you wouldn’t know it last night at practice). Non participating- as a fan- Orioles, Ravens, and Terps football and basketball
Favorite books: The Fountainhead, Natural Cures Revealed
Favorite films: Animal House, Night at the Opera, Unforgiving
Favorite quotes: "Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned." - W. C. Fields
Lieutenant Briggs: I never had to take my gun out of its holster once. I'm proud of that. Harry Callahan: Well, you're a good man, lieutenant. A good man always knows his limitations...