 Morariu (right) and Sergio Lanfranchi in 1962. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Viorel Morariu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 October 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cuciulata, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 May 2017 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Octavian Morariu (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Viorel Morariu (18 October 1931 – 23 May 2017) was a former Romanian rugby union flanker.[1][2] He was one of the best Romanian rugby players of his generation.[3]
His son Octavian Morariu became president of the Romanian Rugby Federation (F.R.R).[4]
- ^ Viorel Morariu Scrum.com
- ^ "Romanian rugby player big gallery: Viorel Morariu - the leader of a generation". Rugby.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ "Viorel Morariu: "Eu am refuzat ca România să participe la Turneul celor Şase Naţiuni"" [Viorel Morariu: "I refused Romania to participate in the Six Nations tournament"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 6 February 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ "Despre rugby, de dincolo de Atlantic…Viorel Morariu – liderul unei generatii". Romanian Rugby Federation (in Romanian). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.