Gérard Dufau
| Date of birth | 27 August 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Dax, Landes, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 July 2002 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Gérard Dufau (27 August 1924 — 4 July 2002) is a French former international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby career
[edit]A scrum-half from Dax, Dufau played his early rugby for US Dax and had a brief stint for Montargis, while a school teacher in Villemandeur.[2] His career peaked after moving to Racing Club de France in Paris and he gained 38 caps for France from 1948 to 1957.[3] He won the Midi Olympique Oscar in 1956 as the best French player of the year, then he finished his career at RC Vichy, where became a long-serving coach.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Parfaitement Rétabli, Dufau Commandera l'équipe de France de rugby, samedi à Edimbourg". Le Monde (in French). 10 January 1956.
- ^ "Le club de rugby fête aujourd'hui ses 130 ans !". La République du Centre (in French). 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Rugby: quel est le meilleur demi de mêlée de l'histoire du XV de France ? Le jury constitué par Le Figaro a tranché". Le Figaro (in French). 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Les Amis de Gérard-Dufau n'oublient pas". La Montagne (in French). 28 October 2013.
External links
[edit]- Gérard Dufau at ESPNscrum