Maurice Prat (17 November 1928 — 15 May 2016) was a French
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
international.
A native of
Lourdes, Prat was born on his father's farm, situated next to the town's main rugby union stadium. He was the younger brother of France flanker
Jean Prat
Jean Prat (1 August 1923 – 25 February 2005) was a French rugby union footballer. He played as a flanker. He was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1959. He is considered one of the best French rugby players of all time and was inducted into bo ...
and spent his entire club career with local side
FC Lourdes during a successful era, playing in six national championship wins.
Prat, a hard-hitting centre, was capped 31 times by
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
from 1951 to 1958, often forming a centre combination with Lourdes teammate Roger Martine. He was a member of two
Five Nations shared title wins and stood in as captain for a
1958 Five Nations match against Ireland, which France won.
In 2006, Prat was made a Knight of the
Legion of Honor.
See also
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List of France national rugby union players
References
External links
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1928 births
2016 deaths
French rugby union players
20th-century French sportsmen
France international rugby union players
Sportspeople from Lourdes
Rugby union players from Hautes-Pyrénées
Rugby union centres
FC Lourdes players
Knights of the Legion of Honour