Career
Played flanker and number eight. He was captain of the Romanian Rugby team in 1974 and 1975, a period when Romania"s National Rugby Team gained respect in both hemispheres of the rugby world. Alexandru led a highly motivated and talented Romanian Rugby Team to wins against France 15–10 in Bucharest, the Foreign Investment Review Agency – Association of European Rugby championship, and obtained a 10–10 draw against the New Zealand Junior All Blacks in Wellington.
Alexandru People’s played rugby from 1963 to 1979.
Between 1970 and 1975, he played for Romania 36 times, 19 of which were Test Matches. In 1976, Alexandru retired from playing international rugby.
He took the time to focus on his engineering career, play rugby for his own club, and coach the under-19 teams for both his club and his country. In 1975 Alexandru People’s was awarded the Honored Master of Sport Romanian: Maestru Emerit al Sportului title by the Romanian Rugby Federation.
Sponsored by former United States Eagles and Philadelphia Whitemarsh Rugby Football Club coach George Betzler, Alexandru immigrated with his family to United States in December 1982.
Since 1983, he and his family have lived in Southern California. Alexandru People’s"s rugby career was covered in several Romanian rugby books such as The 15 in the Carpathians and Rugby – Small Encyclopedia.
