Jacques Fouroux
French rugby union player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jacques Fouroux (24 July 1947 – 17 December 2005) was a French rugby union player and coach. He captained France when they won the Grand Slam in 1977, and was the manager when the side repeated the feat in 1981 and 1987. Due to his small stature and strong personality, he was nicknamed "Le petit caporal" (lit. 'The Little Corporal'), a reference to Napoléon Bonaparte's nickname.[1]
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Date of birth | (1947-07-24)24 July 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Auch, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 17 December 2005(2005-12-17) (aged 58) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Auch, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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