Pierre Moureu
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| Born | 24 August 1895 Larrau, Basses-Pyrénées, France | ||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 13 May 1962 (aged 66) La Tronche, Isère, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Pierre Moureu (24 August 1895 – 13 May 1962) was a French international rugby union player.[1]
Biography
Moureu was born in Larrau, Basses-Pyrénées, and served with the Béziers–based 502nd Combat Tank Regiment in World War I, holding the rank of adjutant. He was decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honour.[2]
A forward, Moureu started out with AS Béziers after the war and from 1920 to 1925 was capped 17 times for France. His appearances included France's first ever away win, achieved against Ireland in Dublin his first year. He moved to Stade Français as captain at the end of his international career and was later their forwards coach.[2]
Moureu took over a hotel near the train station in Saint-Nazaire in 1932.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Rugby Game". The Daily Telegraph. 9 April 1927.
- 1 2 "Finales Rugby - Moureu Pierre". finalesrugby.fr (in French).
- ↑ "Le rugby en Pays de la Loire - ici". francebleu.fr (in French). 18 September 2015.
External links
- Pierre Moureu at ESPNscrum (archived)
- Pierre Moureu at Fédération Française de Rugby
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1962 deaths
- French rugby union players
- France international rugby union players
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- Rugby union players from Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Rugby union forwards
- AS Béziers Hérault players
- Stade Français players
- French Army officers
- French military personnel of World War I
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- French recipients of the Legion of Honour