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Birth name | Léon Jean Aimé Larribau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 February 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Anglet, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 31 December 1916 | (aged 27)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Léon Jean Aimé Larribau (2 March 1889 – 31 December 1916) was a French rugby union player, killed in action during World War 1 near Verdun.
He's buried in Nécropole Nationale de Glorieux (tomb 2810)
Larribau was a 1.60m 72 kg scrum-half who played CA Périgueux until 1912, then for Biarritz Olympique and a French international. He was renowned for his long passes.
On 19 November 1954 the Aguilera stadium in Biarritz was renamed after him.
Highlights
[edit]- 6 caps for France in 1912 (4 matches) and 1914 (2 matches)
- 1 try (3 points)
External links
[edit]- Larribau on Federation Française de Rugby website
- Larribau's military registry (fiche matricule) at Archives Départementales des Pyréenées Atlantiques