Henri Rancoule
Appearance
Date of birth | 6 February 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Bram, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 March 2021 | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Lourdes, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henri Rancoule (6 February 1933 – 15 March 2021) was a French rugby union player.[1][2] He played the wing position for FC Lourdes, RC Toulonnais, Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, and US Carcassonne,[3] as well as the French national team.[4]
Awards
[edit]Club
[edit]- Winner of the French Rugby Union Championship (1956, 1957, 1958)
- Runner-up of the French Rugby Union Championship (1955)
- Winner of the Challenge Yves du Manoir (1953, 1954, 1956)
National Team
[edit]- Winner of the Five Nations Championship (1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962)
- Bronze Medal at the Five Nations Championship (1958)
References
[edit]- ^ "RANCOULE Henri". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Carnet noir : Henri Rancoule, 5 fois vainqueur du Tournoi, est décédé". Le Figaro Sport (in French). 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Henri RANCOULE". Rugby Club Toulonnais (in French).
- ^ "Henri Rancoule". ESPN.