Maurice Celhay
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| Full name | Maurice Jean Pierre Celhay | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 May 1911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Saint-Palais, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 October 1980 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bayonne, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 163 lb (74 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Maurice Jean Pierre Celhay (17 May 1911 – 17 October 1980) was a French international rugby union player.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Saint-Palais, Celhay played Basque pelota in his younger years and won regional championships as a sprinter, holding the Basque provincial record for the 200 metres. He attended Lycée de Bayonne.[2]
Celhay played rugby with Aviron Bayonnais and was a noted try scorer for the club.[3] He also scored regularly in a limited international career, with eight tries from six appearances between 1935 and 1940, four of which came in a match against Italy.[2]
In World War II, Celhay served with the 5th Brigade of Pyrenean Hunters.[2]
Celhay was the owner of a bookstore and also had a newsagent's shop in Bayonne.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "II. - Les attaquants et le jeu de passes". Le Monde (in French). 1 June 1965.
- ^ a b c d "Finales Rugby - Celhay Maurice Jean Pierre". finalesrugby.fr.
- ^ "Aviron Bayonnais. « J'avais joué avec son short et ses chaussettes » : André et Peyo Alvarez, finalistes de père en fils". Sud Ouest (in French). 11 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Maurice Celhay at ESPNscrum
- Maurice Celhay at Fédération Française de Rugby