Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère

Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère (21 July 1891 – 7 July 1972) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] Typically playing as a prop forward, Lubin-Lebrère was also occasional deployed as a lock.[2]

Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère
Lubin-Lebrère at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir, 1922.
Birth nameMarcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère
Date of birth21 July 1891
Place of birthAgen, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Date of death7 July 1972(1972-07-07) (aged 80)
Place of deathToulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop, Lock
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
–1913 US Montalbanaise ()
1913–1925 Toulouse ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1914–1925 France 15 (6)
Coaching career
Years Team
1927–1928 Toulouse
Medal record
Men's rugby union
Silver medal – second place 1924 Paris Team

Lubin-Lebrère played fifteen matches for France,[3] including the 1920 Five Nations match against Scotland colloquially called the “Le match des borgnes”.[4][5]

Lubin-Lebrère was arrested the night before the 1920 IrelandFrance Five Nations fixture in Dublin, along with his teammates Théophile Cambre and Jean Sébédio, for singing revolutionary songs in a pub with sympathisers of the IRA at a time of the Irish War of Independence. They were released before the match. France won 7–15.[6][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère". Olympedia. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Rees, Paul (January 14, 2021). "René Crabos, the Napoleon of rugby, pioneered France's enduring flair". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group.
  3. ^ "LUBIN-LEBRERE Marcel-frédéric". ffr.fr. Fédération Française de Rugby.
  4. ^ Schofield, Daniel (January 1, 2020). "A century of mystery shrouds 'match of the one-eyed'". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Gilles, Dhers (February 29, 2020). "Rugby : Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère, a star is borgne" [Rugby: Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère, a star is one-eyed]. Libération (in French).
  6. ^ "Superior Back Division. Where France Held A Great Advantage". Birmingham Gazette. April 5, 1920. p. 3.
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