Hubert Lefèbvre

Hubert Lefèbvre
Lefèbvre in 1899
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Rugby union career
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1895-1902 Racing Club de France ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1900-1902 France
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1900 Paris Team competition

Hubert Jean Daniel Lefèbvre (28 November 1878 in Paris – 26 September 1937 in Labaroche[1]) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.[2] He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal. Lefèbvre played forward.[3]

Lefèbvre played club rugby with Racing Club de France from 1895 to 1902 and was a member of the 1900 and 1902 French championship teams.[4][5] In the 1902 final, a 6–0 victory, he scored the final try just before the half.[6]

Lefèbvre was educated at the Lycée Charlemagne and Centrale Graduate School in engineering. He served in World War I, rising to the rank of captain.[5]

References

  1. ^ Relevé généalogique sur Geneanet
  2. ^ Olympic profile
  3. ^ "Hubert Lefèbvre". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Ligue Nationale de Rugby : Rebonds". www.lnr.fr. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Hubert Lefèbvre Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 17, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  6. ^ Rugby, Ligue Nationale de. "Parc des Princes, Paris, 23 mars 1902". Ligue Nationale de Rugby.


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