Antranik Apelian (26 December 1929 - 10 June 2017) was a French-Armenian rugby league footballer who played in 1950s and 1960s, as a hooker. At club level, he played for Marseille XIII for all of his career, with which he won the Lord Derby Cup in 1965 and ended second in the 1954 French Rugby League Championship final. He was surnamed "Niky".[4] Outside the field, he worked as a firefighter in the Marseille Naval Fire Battalion.[5] He also had a reputation of being "tough as nails".[6]
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| Born | 26 December 1929 Marseille, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 June 2017 (aged 87) Sarrola-Carcopino,[1] France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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His performances at club level brought him to the France national team between 1955 and 1961, taking part at the 1957 Rugby League World Cup. He was capped 20 times for France.[7]
After his career as player, Apelian moved to Corsica, where he trained the clubs Ajax XIII and Appietto XIII.
Honours
edit- French Championship
- 1 time champion in 1954[8]
- Lord Derby Cup
Bibliography
edit- Passamar, André (1984). L'encyclopédie de Treize Magazine (Sud Ouest Presse impression ed.). Toulouse. ASIN B0014I5GK6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Bonnery, Louis (1996). Le rugby à XIII le plus français du monde. Limoux: Cano&Franck. pp. 227–245. ASIN B000X3Z932.
References
edit- ^ "Avis de décès de M Antranik APELIAN à Sarrola-Carcopino". Avis-de-deces.net (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Niky Apelian, ex-champion de rugby à XIII, s'en va". LaProvence.com (in French). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ Antranik Apelian rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ "Vol. 38 No. 7 (May 18, 1957)". Trove. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ Mouret, Aimé (2011). "Appelian Antranick (sic)". Le Who's who du rugby à XIII. Toulouse: Éditions de l'Ixcea. p. 21. ISBN 978-2-84918-118-8.
- ^ Mouret, Aimé (2011). "Appelian Antranick (sic)". Le Who's who du rugby à XIII. Toulouse: Éditions de l'Ixcea. p. 21. ISBN 978-2-84918-118-8.
- ^ Bonnery, Louis (1996). Le rugby à XIII le plus français du monde. Limoux: Cano&Franck. pp. 227–245. ASIN B000X3Z932.
- ^ Passamar, André (1984). L'encyclopédie de Treize Magazine (Sud Ouest Presse impression ed.). Toulouse. p. 26. ASIN B0014I5GK6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Passamar, André (1984). L'encyclopédie de Treize Magazine (Sud Ouest Presse impression ed.). Toulouse. p. 40. ASIN B0014I5GK6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Passamar, André (1984). L'encyclopédie de Treize Magazine (Sud Ouest Presse impression ed.). Toulouse. p. 42. ASIN B0014I5GK6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
External links
edit- Antranick Apellian on rugbyleagueproject.org
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