Jean-Michel Cabanier (13 May 1936 — 25 April 2010) was a French rugby union international.
| Date of birth | 13 May 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tarn-et-Garonne, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 April 2010 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Montauban, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Raised in Tarn-et-Garonne, Cabanier played originally for Castelsarrasinois but spent most of his career with US Montauban, where he won a Brennus Shield in the 1966–67 season.[1]
Cabanier, hooker in a strong France national team during the 1960s, earned a total of 26 caps, forming a front-row with Arnaldo Gruarin and Jean-Claude Berejnoï that was considered the world's best.[2] He was the Oscar du Midi runner-up in 1967 and made two appearances for France in their grand slam-winning 1968 Five Nations campaign.[3]
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References edit
- ^ "JM Cabanier nous a quittés". L'Équipe (in French). 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Cholet : l'ancien rugbyman Jean-Michel Cabanier est décédé". cholet.maville.com (in French). 27 April 2010.
- ^ "Carnet: Jean-Michel Cabanier s'est éteint". rennes.maville.com (in French). 28 April 2010.