- Guy Basquet
Guy Basquet was a French
rugby union player, born13 July 1921 inLayrac and died1 February 2006 inAgen . 1 m 81 and 102 kg, he played third line centre and left flank for SU Agen.He started out as a basketball player, but rapidly succeeded in the Juniors of Racing club de France, and moved to
Agen during the Second World War, (around 1940), the town where he would stay for the rest of his career, until 1953.During the championship final of 1947, he was temporarily sent off during the second half of the first period, a rule which was not rescinded for a further two decades.
He played at Agen alongside
Albert Ferrasse , then followed him as head of the FFR, and of the club.He became, in effect, vice-president of the Fédération from 1968 to 1991, the date that
Bernard Lapasset became head of the FFR, and ultimately head of the selection committee from 1980, succeedingÉlie Pebeyre .He was also president of the
French Barbarians , and of SU Agen from 1985 until the arrival ofDaniel Dubroca .His comments were collected into the book by Roger Driès: "Un missionnaire du rugby au cœur de tous les défis", éd. CMCP in 2001.
He is the grandfather of the
Stade Français scrum-halfJérôme Fillol .Honours
Club
* French Champions : 1945, 1947
** Finalist: 1943
* Winner of the Coupe de France : 1943, 1945International
* 33 caps for France A from 1945 to 1952 (including 24 as captain from 1948 à 1952), therefore part of the 1st team to win in Swansea in 1948, and at Twinckenham in 1951
* 1st tournament inArgentina in 1949
(and director of the tour ofNew Zealand in 1961)External links
[http://www.scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=22972&includeref=dynamic] ----
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