Jacques Mazoin
French rugby player (1929–2020)
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Jacques Mazoin (1929 – 11 July 2020) was a French rugby union player and coach.
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| Died | 11 July 2020 (aged 90–91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born in 1929, Mazoin played for US Dax during his youth career. He won the Coupe Frantz-Reichel championship in 1949.[1]
He studied at the École normale d'éducation physique before playing with Paris Université Club from 1952 to 1954.[2] He returned to US Dax to play professionally before retiring. He started working as a physical education teacher at the Lycée Borda in Dax.[3]
Mazoin continued to work for the US Dax organization, working as a physical trainer from 1964 to 1973 before becoming head coach. He left his coaching position in 1977.[4]
Jacques Mazoin died on 11 July 2020 at the age of 91.[5]
