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]
 Lubin-Lebrère at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir, 1922. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 July 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 July 1972 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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 Ireland–France 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
edit- ^ "Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère". Olympedia. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ a b Rees, Paul (January 14, 2021). "René Crabos, the Napoleon of rugby, pioneered France's enduring flair". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group.
- ^ "LUBIN-LEBRERE Marcel-frédéric". ffr.fr. Fédération Française de Rugby.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Superior Back Division. Where France Held A Great Advantage". Birmingham Gazette. April 5, 1920. p. 3.
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