Guy Boniface (6 March 1937 – 1 January 1968) was a French

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footballer that represented

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in 35

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. Born in

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, he mainly played at

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, and played for Stade Montois and U.S. Montfortoise. He won the French Championship with Stade Montois in 1963, and was runner up with them in 1959. He also won the

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in 1960, 1961, and 1962. Stade Montois' stadium was named after him following his death. He played 18 Tests with his brother André Boniface including one Test against New Zealand (the

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) in which the All Blacks had two sets of brothers playing. He helped France with the Five Nations in 1959 - their first outright Championship victory. In 1968 - whilst returning home from a club match - he was killed in a traffic accident. Both brothers were inducted together into the

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in March 2011.

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