Jacques Mazoin
Jacques Mazoin (1929 – 11 July 2020) was a French rugby union player and coach.
| Date of birth | 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born in 1929, Mazoin played for US Dax during his youth career. He won the Coupe Frantz-Reichel championship in 1949.[1]
He studied at the École normale d'éducation physique before playing with Paris Université Club from 1952 to 1954.[2] He returned to US Dax to play professionally before retiring. He started working as a physical education teacher at the Lycée Borda in Dax.[3]
Mazoin continued to work for the US Dax organization, working as a physical trainer from 1964 to 1973 before becoming head coach. He left his coaching position in 1977.[4]
Jacques Mazoin died on 11 July 2020 at the age of 91.[5]
References
- Dussarat, Étienne; Dussarat, Bernard; Bordenave, Marcel (2003). Un siècle de sports, 1904-2004 (PDF) (in French). Dax: Aquitaine Presse. ISBN 2-9520620-1-3.
- "Le rugby n'est pas devenu un sport national grâce à la télévision !". Le Temps des Médias (in French). February 2007.
- "Romain Lacoste, l'ouverture sur le monde". Sud Ouest (in French). 10 December 2011.
- Laborde, Gérard (2015). Les coqs landais (in French). France Libris. ISBN 978-2-9510061-4-0.
- "Avis de décès de Monsieur Jacques MAZOIN". Simplifia (in French). 11 July 2020.
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