| Date of birth | (1924-08-27)27 August 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Dax, Landes, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 July 2002(2002-07-04) (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.
Rugby career
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. His career peaked after moving to Racing Club de France in Paris and he gained 38 caps for France from 1948 to 1957. 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.
See also
References
- "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
- Gérard Dufau at ESPNscrum