Jean Hervé was a French

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and won

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as part of the French team in what was the first rugby union competition at an

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* Year of birth missing Year of death missing Olympic rugby union players of France French rugby union players Olympic gold medalists for France Rugby union players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub