Élie Cester
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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[]
- ^ ESPN scrum http://en.espn.co.uk/france/rugby/player/7076.html. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ "L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "Elie Cester". ESPN scrum. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Union - Ex-France international Elie Cester dies". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "France legend Elie Cester dies". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
Categories:
- French rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Living people
- 1942 births
- France international rugby union players
- French rugby union biography stubs