Jacques Perrier (12 October 1924 – 23 June 2015) was a French

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player. He was inducted into the

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, in 2006.

French national team

Perrier was the leading scorer of the

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. He also played at the

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. He was a part of the senior French national team that won the silver medal.

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External links

Jacques Perrier on databaseOlympics.comJacques Perrier's obituary
1924 births 2015 deaths French men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for France Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in basketball Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Shooting guards 1950 FIBA World Championship players 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub