Guy Boniface (6 March 1937 – 1 January 1968) was a French

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footballer that represented

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in 35

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. Born in

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, he mainly played at

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, and played for Stade Montois and U.S. Montfortoise. He won the French Championship with Stade Montois in 1963, and was runner up with them in 1959. He also won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1960, 1961, and 1962. Stade Montois' stadium was named after him following his death. He played 18 Tests with his brother

André Boniface André Boniface (14 August 1934 – 8 April 2024) was an international rugby union player for France national rugby union team, France. His usual position was either on the wing or in the centres. His Test career for France, 1954 through to 196 ...

including one Test against New Zealand (the

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) in which the All Blacks had two sets of brothers playing. He helped France with the Five Nations in 1959 - their first outright Championship victory. In 1968 - whilst returning home from a club match - he was killed in a traffic accident. Both brothers were inducted together into the

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in March 2011.

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