Jean-Pierre Lux
Date of birth | January 9, 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse, France | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | December 15, 2020 | (aged 74)||||||||||||||||
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Jean-Pierre Lux (9 January 1946 – 15 December 2020).[1] was a French rugby union player and sports director. He played as a centre. He was professionally a dental surgeon.
Club career[]
Lux played for US Tyrosse until 1970/71, moving to US Dax in 1971/72. He was runner-up of the French Championship in 1972/73.
International career[]
He had 42 caps for France, from 1967 to 1975, scoring 12 tries, 42 points on aggregate. He entered in 9 consecutive editions of the Five Nations Championship, from 1967 to 1975, playing 27 caps and scoring 5 tries, 18 points on aggregate. He won the tournament three times, in 1967, 1968, with a Grand Slam, and 1970, ex-aequo with Wales.[2]
Sports director career[]
He was President of the European Rugby Cup, from 1999 to 2014. He was a member of the director committee of the National Rugby League, from 1998 to 2012.
References[]
- ^ "L'ancien international français Jean-Pierre Lux est mort" (in French). L'Équipe. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Jean-Pierre Lux International Statistics
- 1946 births
- 2020 deaths
- French rugby union players
- France international rugby union players
- US Dax players
- Rugby union centres
- French rugby union biography stubs