Élie Cester
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| Date of birth | 27 July 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | L'Isle-Jourdain, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 January 2017 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bourg-les-Valence, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 237 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Élie Cester (27 July 1942 - 3 January 2017) was a French rugby union player who played at lock for the France national rugby union team.
Early life and career
Élie Cester was born on 27 July 1942 in L'Isle-Jourdain, France.[2]
Cester earned his first cap for the France national rugby union team on 15 January 1966. [3]
He made a total of 35 official appearances for the French national team between 1966 and 1974. He captained the team on three occasions.[4]
Roques was part of the French national team that won the Five Nations Championship in 1967, 1968, 1970 (tied with Wales) and 1973.
Death
Cester died at the age of 74 in Bourg-les-Valence, France, on 3 January 2017. [5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "Elie Cester". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Elie Cester". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Union - Ex-France international Elie Cester dies". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "France legend Elie Cester dies". www.ultimaterugby.com. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2021.