Élie Cester
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.
| Date of birth | July 27, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | L'Isle-Jourdain, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | January 3, 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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Early life and career
Élie Cester was born on July 27, 1942, in L'Isle-Jourdain, France.
Cester earned his first cap for the France national rugby union team on January 15, 1966. [2]
He made a total of 35 official appearances for the French national team between 1966 and 1974.
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 January 3, 2017. [3]
References
- ESPN scrum http://en.espn.co.uk/france/rugby/player/7076.html. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "Elie Cester". ESPN scrum. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- "Rugby Union - Ex-France international Elie Cester dies". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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