Robert Baulon

Robert Baulon
Date of birth(1930-10-21)21 October 1930
Place of birthBoucau, France
Date of deathJanuary 2011 (aged 80)
Place of deathAnglet, France
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight199 lb (90 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back-row
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1954–57 France 18 (18)

Robert Baulon (21 October 1930 – January 2011) was a French international rugby union player.

A native of Boucau, Baulon was primarily a flanker and trained at Boucau Stade.[1]

Baulon played his senior rugby for Boucau Stade, Stade Montois, CS Vienne and Aviron Bayonnais. He was capped 18 times for France from 1954 to 1957, which included two successful Five Nations campaigns. His 30 metre dash down the touchline set up the only try of France's historic win over the All Blacks in 1954. He was a member of the French squad on the 1958 tour of South Africa, but didn't play against the Springboks.[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ "Décès de Robert Baulon, ancien de l'Aviron bayonnais". Sud Ouest (in French). 31 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Finales Rugby - Baulon Robert". finalesrugby.fr.
  3. ^ "27 février 1954 : un XV de France sans ballons bat la Nouvelle-Zélande". Le Monde (in French). 30 October 1999.