Jean-Pierre Hortoland
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Jean-Pierre Hortoland is a French rugby union player, born in Marseillan, Hérault on 28 May 1947. At 1m 80 and 102 kg, he played left prop for AS Béziers and RC Narbonne and in the French national team.
Armand Vaquerin replaced him at Béziers from the 1971/1972 season.
Hortoland has the distinction of having played in the best years of two first division clubs from his region.
Today, he is a physiotherapist-osteopath and currently head of the Institut franco-britannique d'ostéopathie (Franco-British Institute of Osteopathy) in Béziers. He is the author of several works in this discipline and he participates in local political life in support of the Greens (les Verts).
[edit] Honours
- Selected to represent France, 1971
- French rugby champion, 1971, with AS Béziers
- Challenge Yves du Manoir 1973 and 1974 with RC Narbonne
- French championship finalist 1974 with RC Narbonne
- Junior French champion, 1968, with AS Béziers
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