Armand Vaquerin

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Armand Vaquerin
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Birth nameArmand Vaquerin
Date of birth(1951-02-21)21 February 1951
Place of birth Sévérac-le-Château, France
Date of death10 July 1993(1993-07-10) (aged 42)
Place of death Béziers, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1970–1986 AS Béziers ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1971–1980 France 26 (0)

Armand Vaquerin (21 February 1951 10 July 1993) was a French Rugby union footballer who represented France. [1]

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He played as a Loosehead prop for AS Béziers who won the French rugby championship ten times (a record), and for France.

Death

Vaquerin allegedly died in 1993 at the age of 42, seven years after the end of his sporting career, during a “demonstration” of Russian roulette in the Béziers bar “le bar des Amis”, avenue Gambetta. [2]

Honours

References

  1. Herman, Ryan. "Armand Vaquerin". Rugby Journal. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  2. "Podcast : les derniers mystères sur la mort du rugbyman Armand Vaquerin" [Podcast: the latest mysteries about the death of rugby player Armand Vaquerin] (in French). Télérama. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2023.