| 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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