Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère

Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère

Player information
birthday	July 20, 1891
place of birth	Agen , France
date of death	July 7, 1972
Place of death	Toulouse , France
society
society	Career ended
position	Prop , lock
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
	Stade Toulousain	()
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1914-1925	France	(6)

Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère (born July 20, 1891 in Agen , † July 7, 1972 in Toulouse ) was a French rugby union player. He was 1914-1925 national team and won in 1924 with the French selection Silver in Olympic rugby tournament . At the beginning of his career he played as a prop and later also as a lock .

Lubin-Lebrère began his rugby career in his hometown with SU Agen and later played for US Montauban and Stade Toulousain . With Toulouse reached the final of the French championship four times in a row. After losing a final in 1921 , he became champions three times in a row in 1922 , 1923 and 1924 .

He made his debut for France in the opening game of the Five Nations in 1914 on New Year's Day against Ireland . However, Lubin-Lebrère's career was interrupted after only three international matches by the First World War, in which he lost an eye, but continued to play rugby successfully after the war. In 1920 he continued his international career. In addition to the games at the Five Nations , he was part of the squad for the game against the US selection at the Olympic tournament , but was not used. On the eve of the away game in Dublin, Lubin-Lebrère, who did not speak a word of English, was arrested by British military police in a pub for joining the chorus of the Marseillaise , sung by Irish independence fighters as a symbol of their republicanism and nationalism. Only through the intercession of a French politician on business in Dublin was he released from prison in time for the game. In 1924 he was not only part of the France squad for the Olympic Games , but was also used in the final against the Eagles . Again on New Year's Day against Ireland in the opening game of a Five Nations tournament, he played one last time for the XV de France in 1925 .

Besides and after his rugby days, Lubin-Lebrère was employed by the town hall in Toulouse, which is why he was nicknamed "Monsieur le Maire".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} scrum database: Entry on Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère. ESPN , accessed September 11, 2009 . 
2. ↑ Final Rugby : entry to Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 5, 2007 ; Retrieved September 11, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Entry on Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère. (No longer available online.) In: Player Database. Fédération Française de Rugby, archived from the original on August 12, 2009 ; Retrieved September 11, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Lubin-Lebrère, arrêté à Dublin la veille d'un match. In: L'Internaute , Anecdotes sur le Tournoi des 6 Nations. Retrieved September 12, 2009 .