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Robert Paparemborde

Robert Paparemborde

French rugby player and administrator (1948–2001)

Robert Paparemborde (5 July 1948 – 18 April 2001), was a French rugby union player. He was capped 55 times, 5 as captain, for the French national side.[1]

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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]

He died of pancreatic cancer on 18 April 2001 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Notes

  1. [1]
    "La vallée d'Ossau : Culture et mémoire - Robert Paparemborde".
  2. [2]
    BBC, 19 April 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/1285197.stm
  3. [3]
    The Independent, 23 April 2001,
  4. [4]
    "Game mourns `immovable' Paparemborde". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  5. [5]
    Player list for World XV


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