Jean Darricau

Jean Darricau
Personal information
Born (1931-10-02) 2 October 1931 (age 93)
Hasparren, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight12 st 0 lb (76 kg)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionCentre, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1952–55 Bordeaux
1955–56 Côte Basque
1956–?? Lyon
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
France 2 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–?? Dax
19??–?? SBUC
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2][3][4]
As of 14 February 2021

Jean Darricau, (born 2 October 1931) is a French former rugby union and league footballer in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He played as centre or lock forward.

After his debut in rugby union for US Dax with which he won the Frantz Reichel Cup in 1949 and 1950,[5] then a stint at SBUC, he switched codes in 1952 to join rugby league and Bordeaux, with which he won the French Championship in 1954. Later, he joined the Lyon club.

Thanks to his performances, he was called up twice for the France national team in 1957[6] to face Great Britain, and was called up for the 1960 tour.

Biography

Outside the pitch, he worked as an industrial designer.[1]

Honours

Rugby league

Rugby union

  • Team honours :
    • French junior champion : 1949 and 1950 (Dax).

References

  1. ^ a b "Who's Who for France". Rugby League News. Vol. 41, no. 12. 11 June 1960. p. 13. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Ailleres Still Star of France". Rugby League News. 12 May 1968. p. 4. Retrieved 1 January 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Today's Game In Auckland - France's Squad". nla.gov.au. 25 May 1968. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. ^ Dussarrat, Étienne; Bordenave, Marcel; Dussarrat, Bernard (2003). Un Siècle de sports. Dax: Aquitaine Presse. p. 25. ISBN 2-9520620-1-3.
  6. ^ "Jean Darricau - Career Stats & Summary". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

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