Jean Dop, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJean Dop
French rugby league footballer
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Toulouse, Occitania, France
About Jean Dop
- Jean Dop (1924–2003) was a French professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s.
- A France international representative scrum-half, he played club football for Marseille XIII. Dop featured in the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand, in place of injured scrum-half back Joseph Crespo.
- It was Les Chanticleers first such tour, but they lost only 4 of its 28 games, with Dop's dashing runs seen as instrumental in France's win over Australia in the first Test.
- Also during this tour in a match against South Auckland in New Zealand Dop was struck by a spectator.
- He later toured with France playing at fullback.
- In 1988 he was inducted into the International Rugby League Hall of Fame.
Read more at Wikipedia