Alfred Roques (17 February 1925 - 7 November 2004) was a
French
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rugby union player who played at
prop for the
France national rugby union team
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.
Early life and career
Alfred Roques was born on February 17, 1925, in
Cazes-Mondenard, France.
Roques earned his first cap for the
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team () represents France in men's international rugby union and it is administered by the French Rugby Federation. They traditionally play in blue shirts emblazoned with the national emblem of a golden rooster ...
on March 9, 1958.
He made a total of 30 official appearances for the French national team between 1958 and 1963.
Roques was part of the French national team that won the
Five Nations Championship in
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
,
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
,
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
and
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
.
Death
Roques died at the age of 79 in
Cahors, France, on November 7, 2004.
See also
*
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team () represents France in men's international rugby union and it is administered by the French Rugby Federation. They traditionally play in blue shirts emblazoned with the national emblem of a golden rooster ...
References
French rugby union players
Rugby union props
2004 deaths
1925 births
France international rugby union players
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