Eugène Ribère
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| Date of birth | 14 June 1902 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Thuir, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 March 1988 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bordeaux, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Eugène Ribère (14 June 1902 – 22 March 1988) was a French international rugby union player.[1]
Biography
[edit]Ribère hailed from Thuir in the Catalan region of France.[2]
A wing-forward, Ribère played for US Thuir, US Perpignan and US Quillan. He was a member of the French squad for the 1924 Summer Olympics and was capped 34 times for France, which included 12 matches as captain.[3]
Ribère's hometown club US Thuir named their stadium after him.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Medal For French Captain". Irish Independent. 21 April 1931.
- ^ "Olympedia – Eugène Ribère". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ a b "Avec Guirado, ils sont quatre Catalans à avoir été capitaine du XV de France". L'Indépendant (in French). 5 January 2016.
External links
[edit]- Eugène Ribère at ESPNscrum
- Eugène Ribère at Fédération Française de Rugby