Alban Moga
| Date of birth | 1 May 1923 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Bordeaux, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 April 1983 (aged 59) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bordeaux, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 237 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Alban Moga (1 May 1923 – 5 April 1983) was a French international rugby union player.
Born in Bordeaux, Moga was a lock forward and played his club rugby for CA Bègles, where he appeared alongside two of his brothers. He was a regular in the second row for France during the late 1940s and gained 22 caps, almost always in partnership with Robert Soro. His career included France's 1949 tour of Argentina.[1]
Moga had the municipal rugby ground in Martignas-sur-Jalle named after him. The home ground of Union Bordeaux Bègles, the Stade André Moga, is named after Moga's brother, who was a long time club administrator.[2]
In 1983, Moga died of a heart attack at the age of 59.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Alban Moga, rugbyman de l'équipe de France de rugby". www.equipe-france.fr.
- ^ "Au revoir André-Moga". Rugbyrama (in French). 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Rugby". Le Monde (in French). 8 April 1983.
External links
- Alban Moga at ESPNscrum
- Alban Moga at Fédération Française de Rugby