Lucien Besset (4 January 1892 – 22 April 1975) was a French politician and international

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player.

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A native of

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, Besset played rugby union in his youth with Universitaire de France (SCUF), mainly as a fly–half, and was a member of their French Championship–winning team in 1913. He was capped twice for France as a centre during the

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, against Wales in Swansea and England in Paris, contributing two conversions in the latter. Besset served two terms in the

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for Seine from 1928 to 1936, representing the

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. He was succeeded by

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. During the 1960s, Besset was president of SCUF.

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Lucien Besset
at Fédération Française de Rugby {{DEFAULTSORT:Besset, Lucien 1892 births 1975 deaths French rugby union players France international rugby union players Members of the 14th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 15th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Independent Radical politicians French sportsperson-politicians Rugby union players from Paris Rugby union centres Rugby union fly-halves

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