| Date of birth | 5 February 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Gruaro, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 January 2025 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arnaldo Gruarin (5 February 1938 – 28 January 2025) was a French international rugby union player.
Biography
Known as "Aldo", Gruarin was an Italian by birth and spent his early years in a town near Venice. He picked up rugby after moving to Toulouse with his family after World War II and played for local team RC Toulon.
Gruarin was capped 26 times for France between 1964 and 1968. He was a member of the French team which achieved the 1968 Five Nations grand slam, with appearances against Scotland and Ireland.
Gruarin died on 28 January 2025, at the age of 86.
See also
References
- ^ Bocchio, Mario (23 November 2016). "Fra Piave e Tagliamento, i nostri rugbisti che hanno fatto grande la Francia". La leggenda del rugby.
- ^ "Rugby : Mai 1968, année du miracle pour Lourdes". L'Équipe (in French). 27 April 2018.
- ^ Botherway, Nigel (9 September 2007). "Caught in Time". The Times.
- ^ "Pilier emblématique de Toulon, Aldo Gruarin est mort" [Emblematic Toulon prop, Aldo Gruarin has died] (in French). L'Équipe. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
External links
- Arnaldo Gruarin at ESPNscrum