Maurice Voron (1928-2004) was a French

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footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Voron mostly played for

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for most of his club career. He had 27 caps for

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, from 1951 to 1960, playing at the

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and

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s and touring Australasia. A three-quarter, in 1988 he was inducted into the International Rugby League Hall of Fame. During the

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's French leg, Voron was selected to play in the first of two Tests for France on the wing. Outside the game, he worked as journalist in

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