Élie Cester
Date of birth(1942-07-27)July 27, 1942
Place of birthL'Isle-Jourdain, France
Date of deathJanuary 3, 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

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

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

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

See also

References

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