Jean Matheu-Cambas
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|06|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Gelos, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|05|26|1920|06|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = Castres, France
| height = 5 ft 11 in
| weight = 182 lb
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| position = Wing–forward
| repyears1 = 1945–51
| repteam1 = {{nrut|France}}
| repcaps1 = 24
| reppoints1 = 3
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Jean Matheu-Cambas (23 June 1920 – 26 May 1989) was a French international rugby union player.
Rugby career
Born in Gelos, Matheu-Cambas was active in the immediate post war years and made his international debut for France against Wales during the 1945–46 Victory Internationals. He gained 24 caps for France as a wing–forward, almost always beside Guy Basquet and Jean Prat, with whom he formed a back row for a record setting 22 matches.{{cite news |title=Scots need wit to avoid a heavy hit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/752627022 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=1 April 2000}} At club level, Matheu-Cambas won French Championship titles with both SU Agen and Castres Olympique, the latter as captain.{{cite news |title=Jean Matheu-Cambas : l'homme aux trois boucliers |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/03/10/2301198-jean-matheu-cambas-l-homme-aux-trois-boucliers.html |work=La Dépêche |date=10 March 2016 |language=fr}}
Matheu-Cambas became a coach and led SC Mazamet to the 1958 Challenge Yves du Manoir title, while also guiding them to a runner–up finish in the French Championship the same season.{{cite news |title=Castres. Jean Matheu-Cambas parmi les illustres castrais |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/01/28/jean-matheu-cambas-parmi-les-illustres-castrais,8691921.php |work=La Dépêche |date=28 January 2020 |language=fr}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{ESPNscrum|4795}}
- [https://www.ffr.fr/equipe-de-france/rugby-a-xv/xv-de-france-masculin/joueurs/matheu-cambas-jean Jean Matheu-Cambas] at Fédération Française de Rugby
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Category:French rugby union players
Category:France international rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Category:Rugby union wing-forwards
Category:SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players