Europe 1 with AFP 6:41 p.m., January 16, 2023
Former Béziers scrum-half Pierre Danos, international in the 1950s, died overnight from Sunday to Monday at the age of 93, the Hérault club announced on Monday.
Winner of the 5 nations tournament with the XV of France in 1959, he was also the captain of Béziers during their first Brennus shield in 1961.
Pierre Danos died overnight from Sunday to Monday, at the age of 93.
Captain of Béziers before the club's boom years in the 1970s and 1980s, he was an important player in the first ASBH Brennus Shield in 1961, notably scoring a decisive drop against Dax in the final (6-3).
The ASBH, currently in Pro D2 but champion of France eleven times between 1961 and 1984, greeted "a Biterrois prince".
With Béziers, he notably won the Challenge Yves-du-Manoir (1964) and played four finals of the French championship (1960, 1961, 1962, 1964), for a victory (1961).
It is with deep emotion
that the "Rouge & Bleu" family learned of the disappearance of , at the age of 93.
The whole club sends its warmest thoughts to his family and loved ones.
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— ASBH Official (@ASBHOfficiel) January 16, 2023
Three Five Nations Tournaments
Before wearing the colors of Béziers for ten years, Danos had played in Albi (1949-1950) and Toulon (1950-1955).
He was also international eighteen times between 1954 and 1960, playing in three Five Nations Tournaments, including the 1959 and 1960 editions, won by Les Bleus.
He has also gone down in history for this sentence: "In rugby, there are those who play the piano and those who move them."