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André Vadon
André Vadon (22 July 1934 – 18 September 2024) was a French rugby league footballer who played as hooker. Career Debuting for SU Cavaillon XIII, Cavaillon, he made his first steps at the French Championship. He was later called up for the conscription and played for Bataillon de Joinville for two years. Subsequently, Vadon joined the RC Albi XIII, Albi club, where he constituted a formidable forward pack alongside Guy Berthomieu, Jean-Marie Bez, Marcel Bescos and Honoré Conti. Three times he disputed the French Championship final winning two titles in 1958 and 1962 and losing one in 1960 against RC Roanne XIII, Roanne with its top players Jean Barthe and Claude Mantoulan. In 1966, he returned to Cavaillon following Georges Fages, to end his career. Scouted very soon, he was a junior international for France in March 1954 with Jean Vergès (XIII Catalan), Gilbert Alberti (Carcassonne), Georges Fages (Albi), Jean Rouqueirol (Avignon) and his teammates for Cavaillon René Ovili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Marseille is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, second-most populous city proper in France, after Paris, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021. Marseille with its suburbs and exurbs create the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, with a population of 1,911,311 at the 2021 census. Founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea, Marseille is the oldest city in France, as well as one of Europe's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited settlements. It was known to the ancient Greeks as ''Massalia'' and to ancient Romans, Romans as ''Massilia''. Marseille has been a trading port since ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
