Élie Cester

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Élie Cester
Date of birth(1942-07-27)July 27, 1942
Place of birthL'Isle-Jourdain, France
Date of deathJanuary 3, 2017(2017-01-03) (aged 74)
Place of deathBourg-les-Valence, France
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Weight237 lb (108 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1966-1974 France 35 3
Correct as of September 13, 2020

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 July 27, 1942, in L'Isle-Jourdain, France.[2]

Cester earned his first cap for the France national rugby union team on January 15, 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 January 3, 2017. [5][6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ ESPN scrum http://en.espn.co.uk/france/rugby/player/7076.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Elie Cester". ESPN scrum. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Rugby Union - Ex-France international Elie Cester dies". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "France legend Elie Cester dies". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved April 6, 2021.


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