Nicolae Mărăscu

Nicolae Mărăscu

Date of birth	(1898-07-01)July 1, 1898
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	c. 1938
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1919–1927 Romania 5
Medal record Men's rugby union Representing Romania Olympic Games 1924 Paris Team competition

Nicolae Mărăscu (July 1, 1898 – c. 1938) was a Romanian rugby union footballer. Born in Bucharest, he played as a centre.

Mărăscu had 5 caps for the newcomer Romania, without ever scoring, since his first match, in 1919, a 48–5 loss to France XV, in Paris, for the Inter-Allied Games, and his last, at 22 May 1927, in a 21–5 win over Czechoslovakia, in Bratislava.

The highest point of Mărăscu career was at the 1924 Olympic Tournament, when Romania, even losing to France (59–3) and the United States (39–0) still won the bronze medal by finishing in 3rd place. Mărăscu was the captain of the Romanian team. It was the last time that rugby union appeared at the Olympic Games.

He played in France for Stade Français and Olympique lillois.

See also

• List of Romania national rugby union players

External links

• Nicolae Mărăscu at ESPNscrum
• Nicolae Mărăscu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Nicolae Marascu at Olympics.com