Adolphe Bousquet

Adolphe Bousquet

Player information
Full name	Adolphe René Bousquet
birthday	August 14, 1899
place of birth	Maraussan , France
date of death	March 17, 1972
Place of death	Beziers , France
size	1.68 m
society
society	Career ended
position	Half of the crowd , half of the connection
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
	Racing 92	()
	AS Béziers	()
	Stade piscénois	()
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1920-1924	France	()

Adolphe René Bousquet (born August 14, 1899 in Maraussan , Hérault , † March 17, 1972 in Béziers ) was a French rugby union player. The fly-half won silver with the French selection in 1920 and 1924 at the Olympic rugby tournament and became French runner-up with his club Racing Club de France .

At club level, Bousquet played at AS Béziers and RC de France. In 1920 he was part of the squad of the XV de France when they won silver at the Olympic rugby tournament; at the 1924 tournament he was back in the squad. He was used in the opening game against Romania . Outside of the Olympic tournaments, however, he was only used in two test matches; against England and Ireland in the Five Nations in 1921.

His nephew Roger Bousquet was also a successful rugby player.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} finalesrugby.com: Entry on Adolphe René Bousquet. Archived from the original on September 21, 2011 ; accessed on July 21, 2019 . 
2. ↑ RugbyFootballHistory.com: rugby at the Olympics. 2007, Retrieved August 28, 2009 . 
3. ^ Entry on Adolphe Bousquet. In: Player Database. Fédération Française de Rugby, archived from the original on December 9, 2006 ; accessed on July 21, 2019 .