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Élie Cester

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Élie Cester
Date of birth(1942-07-27)27 July 1942
Place of birthL'Isle-Jourdain, France
Date of death3 January 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
International career
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

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Élie Cester was born on 27 July 1942 in L'Isle-Jourdain, France.[2]

Cester earned his first cap for the France national rugby union team on 15 January 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

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Cester died at the age of 74 in Bourg-les-Valence, France, on 3 January 2017. [5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Elie Cester". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ "L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Elie Cester". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. ^ "L'Isle-Jourdain. Elie Cester, ce colosse, est décédé". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Rugby Union - Ex-France international Elie Cester dies". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. ^ "France legend Elie Cester dies". www.ultimaterugby.com. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2021.