Guy Gasparotto
| Date of birth | 2 June 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Aucamville, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 233 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Guy Gasparotto (born 2 June 1948) is a French former international rugby union player.
A 6 ft 6 in lock, Gasparotto was capped twice for France in 1976, appearing in a win over the Wallabies at the Parc des Princes and then travelling to Bucharest to play against Romania.[1]
Gasparatto spent his career with Toulouse OEC, AS Montferrand and US Montauban.[2] He was involved in a controversial incident playing for AS Montferrand in the 1977 Challenge Yves du Manoir semi–final, when he bit the arm of FC Lourdes player Alain Abadie (grandfather of Esteban Abadie).[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Finales Rugby - Gasparotto Guy". finalesrugby.fr.
- ^ "Guy Gasparotto". www.cybervulcans.net.
- ^ "Rugby : Gasparotto-Abadie, les dents du bonheur retrouvé 43 ans après..." La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées (in French).
External links
[edit]- Guy Gasparotto at ESPNscrum
- Guy Gasparotto at Fédération Française de Rugby