Jacques Lepatey

Jacques Lepatey
Date of birth(1929-09-25)25 September 1929
Place of birthMazamet, France
Date of death1 May 2024(2024-05-01) (aged 94)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Youth career
1946–1947 Sallèles-d'Aude
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947–1948 RC Narbonne ? (?)
1948–1962 SC Mazamet ? (?)
1962–? RC Narbonne ? (?)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1954–1955 France 5 (0)

Jacques Lepatey (25 September 1929 – 1 May 2024) was a French rugby union player who played as a wing.[1]

Biography

Born in Mazamet on 25 September 1929, he was the nephew of fellow rugby union player Louis Lepatey [fr] and the son of Charles Lepatey, also a sportsman. He made his juniors debut with Sallèles-d'Aude in 1946 before joining RC Narbonne and SC Mazamet. In 1958, he set the record for most tries in a season, a record surpassed by Jean-Pierre Puidebois [fr] in 1974.[2] He also made five appearances for the French national team during the 1954 Rugby Union European Cup and the 1955 Five Nations Championship.[3]

Lepatey died on 1 May 2024, at the age of 94.[4]

References

  1. ^ Rodrigues, Bastien (1 May 2024). "Rugby à XV : le Sallélois Jacques Lepatey, ancien international français, est décédé". L'Indépendant (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ Villepreux, Olivier (2011). Les Miscellanées du rugby (in French). Fetjaine. ISBN 9782354252892.
  3. ^ "LEPATEY Jacques". French Rugby Federation (in French).
  4. ^ Rodrigues, Bastien; Parra, Christophe (3 May 2024). "Disparition : l'Audois Jacques Lepatey, ancien international de rugby à XV, est décédé". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Narbonne. Retrieved 6 May 2024.