Rugby player
Birth name | Marcel Communeau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1885-09-11)11 September 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Beauvais, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 June 1971(1971-06-26) (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Beauvais, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | engineer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marcel Communeau (11 September 1885 – 26 June 1971) was a French rugby union player, who represented the France national rugby union team. Communeau was the leading French player prior to World War I, representing his country a record 21 times and captaining the side on 13 occasions.
Communeau was inducted to the World Rugby Hall of Fame in a ceremony at Wembley Stadium during the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
References
- Marcel Communeau rugby union Scrum.com
- Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. p. 5:3. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
- "Australian duo inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame". ESPN (UK). 21 September 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2017.