André Boniface

{{Short description|French rugby union player (1934–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

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| name = André Boniface

| image = File:André Boniface (1971).jpg

| caption = Boniface in 1971

| birth_name = André Boniface

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|8|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Montfort-en-Chalosse, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|8|1934|08|14|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bayonne, France

| height = {{height|m=1.79|precision=0}}

| weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| position = Centre or wing

| repteam1 = France

| repyears1 = 1954–1966

| repcaps1 = 48

| reppoints1 = 44

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| amatyears1 = 1951–1952

| amatyears2 = 1952–1972

| amatteam1 = Dax

| amatteam2 = Mont-de-Marsan

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| relatives = Guy Boniface (brother)

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André Boniface (14 August 1934 – 8 April 2024) was an international rugby union player for France. His usual position was either on the wing or in the centres. His Test career for France, 1954 through to 1966, included 48 caps and 44 points.

Boniface was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2005. Both he and his younger brother Guy Boniface were inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in March 2011.{{cite press release|url=http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2042103.html#five+french+legends+into+irb+hall+fame |title=Five French legends into IRB Hall of Fame |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=19 March 2011 |accessdate=18 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505200906/http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid%3D2042103.html |archivedate=5 May 2011 }} Boniface died on 8 April 2024, at the age of 89.{{cite news |last1=Escot |first1=Richard |title=André Boniface, légende de l'équipe de France et icône du French Flair, est mort |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/abonnement/offres/16808?prov=NTCE-ABNE |access-date=8 April 2024 |publisher=L'équipe |date=8 April 2024}}

File:Marie-Hélène Cingal André Boniface devant la Direction Départementale Jeunesse Sports des Landes.jpg