Augustin Parent
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FullnameAugustin Marcel Lucien Parent
Born30 July 1935
Villelongue-de-la-Salanque,
Pyrénées-Orientales,
Occitania, France
Villelongue-de-la-Salanque,
Pyrénées-Orientales,
Occitania, France
PositionSecond-row
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| Full name | Augustin Marcel Lucien Parent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1935 Villelongue-de-la-Salanque, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 April 2002 (aged 66) Avignon, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Augustin Parent (Villelongue-de-la-Salanque, 30 July 1935-Avignon, 13 April 2002), was a French rugby league player. He played as a second-row.
He played for Avignon, with which he won the Lord Derby Cup in 1955 and 1956. In 1957, Avignon was in the French Championship final, however, Parent was called for the military service, joining the Joinville Battalion. Thanks to his club performances, he represented France 9 times between 1956 and 1957,[1] taking part at the 1957 Rugby League World Cup.[2]
He was called up for the France national team to play the 1957 Rugby League World Cup alongside his teammates René Jean, Jacques Merquey and Jean Rouqueirol.
