Alfred Mayssonnié
Alfred Mayssonnié
Full name |
Alfred Mayssonnié |
Date of birth |
October 2, 1884(1884-10-02) |
Place of birth |
Lavernose-Lacasse, France |
Date of death |
September 6, 1914(1914-09-06) (aged 29) |
Alfred Mayssonnié (nicknamed Maysso) was a French rugby union player, born in Toulouse on the 10th of February. 1884, he plyaed as scrum-half and fly-half and he was the strategist of the team Red Lady. He disappeared during the Battle of the Marne.
He is honored every November 11, thanks to a stele bearing his image affixed to the monument to the dead Herakles Archer Toulouse.
History
- 3 caps for France, from 1908 to 1910.
- The only player in Toulouse in the first match of the French Five Nations team in 1910.
- Champion of France (and the Pyrenees) in 1912
- Champion of France with the teams second, third and fourth Stade Toulousain.
References
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
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Persondata |
Name |
Mayssonnie, Alfred |
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Date of birth |
1884 |
Place of birth |
Lavernose-Lacasse, France |
Date of death |
1914 |
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