.jpg) Robert Paparemborde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Ance, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 April 2001 (aged 52) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Shopkeeper then rugby administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Paparemborde (5 July 1948 – 18 April 2001), was a French rugby union player. He was capped 55 times, 5 as captain, for the French national side.[1]
He was regarded as one of the greatest prop-forwards and was a member of the French team that won the Five Nations Championship in 1977 (Grand Slam), 1981(Grand Slam), and 1983.[2][3][4]
He also played for a World XV on 9 August 1980 against Argentina in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22.[5]
He died of pancreatic cancer on 18 April 2001 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
- ^ "La vallée d'Ossau : Culture et mémoire - Robert Paparemborde".
- ^ BBC, 19 April 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/1285197.stm
- ^ The Independent, 23 April 2001, [1]
- ^ "Game mourns `immovable' Paparemborde". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ Player list for World XV