François Borde (8 December 1899 – 15 December 1987) was a French

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

. He was born in

Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for its Château fort, a ...

and died in

Bayonne Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...

. In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.

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1899 births 1987 deaths Sportspeople from Lourdes French rugby union players Olympic rugby union players for France Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France France international rugby union players Stade Toulousain coaches Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Rugby union players from Hautes-Pyrénées French rugby union coaches {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1890s-stub