Robert Paparemborde
.jpg) Robert Paparemborde | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Féas, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | April 19, 2001 (aged 52) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Shopkeeper then rugby administration | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Paparemborde (5 July 1948 in Féas,[1] France – 19 April 2001), was a French rugby union player. He was capped 55 times, 5 as captain, for the French national side.
He was regarded as one of the greatest prop-forwards and was a member of the French team that won the Five Nations Championship in 1977 (Grand Slam), 1981(Grand Slam), and 1983.[2][3][4]
He also played for a World XV on 9 August 1980 against Argentina in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22.[5]
Notes
- ^ http://cauhape.bernard.free.fr/page_papa.html
- ^ BBC, 19 April 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/1285197.stm
- ^ The Independent, 23 April 2001, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-paparemborde-729044.html
- ^ The Daily Telegraph, 19 April 2001, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/3003664/Game-mourns-immovable-Paparemborde.html
- ^ Player list for World XV
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