Albert Victor "Eutrope" Eutropius (10 January 1888 – 26 May 1915) was a
rugby union player, the second
black man to play for . He was killed in
World War I.
Born in
Cayenne
Cayenne (; ; gcr, Kayenn) is the capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and Overseas department, department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic Oc ...
,
French Guiana, on 10 January 1888, Eutropius moved to
Paris in 1910. There, he played for Sporting Club
Universitaire de France in the finals of the French championships in 1911 and 1913. He was picked for France in the match against
Ireland on 24 March 1913.
Rugby career
International appearances
Military career
Eutropius was in
Africa as a
colonial administrator at the start of the First World War. He was commissioned
second lieutenant
Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1 rank.
Australia
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and sent to
Cameroon, where he died at Cayenne on 26 May 1915 from a shot to the head.
His grave is at N'Gato and he is commemorated on the monument to the dead of Cayenne.
References
Bibliography
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1888 births
1915 deaths
French rugby union players
French military personnel killed in World War I
Rugby union forwards
France international rugby union players
Sportspeople from Cayenne
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