Lucien Mias

Lucien Mias (29 September 1930 – 13 May 2024) was an international rugby union player for France. His usual position was lock.

Born(1930-09-29)29 September 1930

Saint-Germain-de-Calberte, France

Died13 May 2024(2024-05-13) (aged 93)

Mazamet, France

Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)

Weight108 kg (238 lb)

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Lucien Mias

Mias in 2020
Born	(1930-09-29)29 September 1930 Saint-Germain-de-Calberte, France
Died	13 May 2024(2024-05-13) (aged 93) Mazamet, France
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	108 kg (238 lb)
Rugby union career
Position Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1949–1950 Carcassonne 1950–1962 Mazamet International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1951–1959 France 29 (3)

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Mias captained the French team to win the 1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa, and to their first Five Nations Championship in 1959. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2005. Mias died on 13 May 2024, at the age of 93.^[1]

In his time, rugby union was an amateur sport. Apart from his sports career, he was working as a rural public schoolteacher then as a geriatrician.^[2]