José Calle
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| Full name | Joseph Calle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1945 Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 14, 2020 (aged 74)[1][2] Perpignan, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [3] As of 4 February 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
José Calle (12 February 1945−14 January 2020) was a French rugby union and professional rugby league (RL) player who represented France (RL).
Playing career
Calle learnt rugby union at the Haut Vernet Lay Centre in
With the Saint-Estève, he won a
In 1978 he was awarded the XIII de Bronze trophy, which was given to outstanding championship players. After his international retirement in 1977, he embraced a club career in Saint-Estève, later notably coaching the Roussillon representative team of France Rugby League. After his retirement, he chose to play amateur rugby league, taking part in 3 international tournaments for the Basque Coast side Les Archiball in 1981, 1983 and 1986. He also took part in several UFAR tournament as player for the Nyn's (UFAR Perpignan in 2000) and was president of the Nyn's, a famous Catalan team of former rugby players, since 2013.
References
- ^ FFRXIII (2020-01-14). "Carnet noir : L'ancien international José Calle n'est plus". Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ Nicolas (2020-01-15). "Décès de José Calle, ancien international Français". Treize Mondial (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- ^ Jose Calle rugbyleagueproject.org
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