Michel Crauste, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French rugby union player
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Place of Birth: Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Michel Crauste
- Michel Crauste (6 July 1934 – 2 May 2019) was a French international rugby union player.
- He played as a flanker and Number 8 for Racing Club de France and FC Lourdes. Crauste was born in Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France.
- He earned his first cap with the French national team on 19 May 1957 against Romania at Bucharest.
- Crauste also captained the second French side to beat the Springboks in South-Africa and was elected France's Player of the Year in 1961.
- He was also the first French international player to score 3 tries in one test. Crauste died, aged 84, in Pau, France.
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