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Lucien Mias (29 September 1930 – 13 May 2024) was an international rugby union player for France. His usual position was lock.
 Mias in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Saint-Germain-de-Calberte, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 May 2024 (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Mazamet, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mias captained the French team to win the 1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa, and to their first Five Nations Championship in 1959. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2005. Mias died on 13 May 2024, at the age of 93.[1]
In his time, rugby union was an amateur sport. Apart from his sports career, he was working as a rural public schoolteacher then as a geriatrician.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Rugby : légende du XV de France, Lucien Mias est décédé". Sud Ouest. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Escot, Richard (13 May 2024). "Légende du rugby français, Lucien Mias est mort". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
External links
edit- Lucien Mias at ESPNscrum
- Lucien Mias at the World Rugby Hall of Fame