Michel Molinier (born 28 May 1947) is a French former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, and at club level for

Albi Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albig� ...

and Saint-Gaudens, as .

Playing career

Molinier played for

, and then for Saint-Gaudens at club level and also represented

at international level, playing the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

and

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

Rugby League World Cups, earning 24 international caps in his overall career>. Outside the game, he was undertaking

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, When playing for Saint-Gaudens and for France, he formed a devastating centre combination with

Serge Marsolan Serge Marsolan is a former French rugby league international after debuting in rugby union. Career He practiced rugby union in Lombez since 12 years, then at the club born from the merger of the Lombez and Samatan clubs. Later, he joined Auch a ...

Honours

* Rugby league: *

French Championship The French rugby league championship (french: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France since the sport was introduced to the country in the 1930s. ...

: ** 2 time Champion in: 1969, 1973 ( Saint-Gaudens) ** 3 times finalist in 1968, 1970, 1971 (Saint-Gaudens)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molinier, Michel 1943 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league centres French rugby league players Racing Club Albi XIII players Saint-Gaudens Bears players France national rugby league team players