| Date of birth | May 15, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Itxassou, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pierre Dospital (born May 15, 1950) is a French retired rugby union player who played at prop for the France national rugby union team and for the French rugby union club Aviron Bayonnais.
Pierre Dospital was born on May 15, 1950, in Itxassou in south-western France. [2]
Dospital made his debut for the France national rugby union team on December 10, 1977. [3]
He made a total of 24 official appearances for the French national team.
Dospital also played for the French rugby union club Aviron Bayonnais [4] and was capped twice for the French Barbarians in 1984 and 1986. [5]
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Aviron Bayonnais, commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne in Pyrénées-Atlantiques which, for the 2016-17 season, competed in the top tier of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition. In the 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 Season they were promoted after finishing 2nd and winning the playoff final against Aurillac. In the 2016-2017 season, they finished in last place, and will be relegated back to Pro D2 for the 2017-18 season. Founded in 1904, they play at the Parc des Sports also known as Stade Jean-Dauger in Bayonne. Their mascot is a pottok pony called pottoka. They have ties to the French Basque community.
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