Michel Crauste

Michel Crauste

Date of birth	(1934-07-06)6 July 1934
Place of birth	Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France
Date of death	2 May 2019(2019-05-02) (aged 84)
Place of death	Pau, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number eight Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1954-1959 1959-1968 Racing FC Lourdes () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1957-1966 France 63 (30)

Michel Crauste (6 July 1934 – 2 May 2019) was a French international rugby union player. He played as a flanker and Number 8 for Racing Club de France and FC Lourdes.

Crauste was born in Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 19 May 1957 against Romania at Bucharest. Crauste also captained the second French side to beat the Springboks in South-Africa and was elected France's Player of the Year in 1961. He was also the first French international player to score 3 tries in one test.

Crauste died, aged 84, in Pau, France.

Honours

• Selected to represent France, 1957–1966
• French rugby champion 1959 with Racing Club de France, 1960 and 1968 with FC Lourdes
• Five Nations Championship 1959 to 1963
• Challenge Yves du Manoir 1966 and 1967

External links

• Michel Crauste International Statistics