Francois Rinaldi (1924-2002) was a French rugby league footballer who represented France national rugby league team.
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| Born | 3 August 1924 Saint-Florent, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 April 2002 (aged 77) Ollioules, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 17 January 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editRinaldi played for France, including touring Australia and New Zealand in 1951 and playing in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup.[1][2]
Honours
editClub
edit- World Cup
- Rugby League European Nations Cup
- 1 time champion in 1951 and 1952 (France)
- French Championship
- 1 time champion in 1949 (Marseille)
- 3 times runner-up in 1950, 1952 and 1954 (Marseille)
- Lord Derby Cup
- 1 time runner-up in 1957 (Marseille)
- 1 time runner-up in 1955 (Marseille)
References
edit- ^ a b Francois Rinaldi rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ "Charlie Pawsey: Rugby league player of legendary hardness". The Independent. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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