About Fernand Cazenave
Lived 1924 – 2005 (aged 80). Fernand Cazenave was a French rugby union player.
Fernand Cazenave (26 November 1924 – 10 January 2005) was a French former rugby union international and national coach.
Cazenave played six times for France as a winger in the 1950s. He debuted against England in 1950 and scored his only Test try as France won 6-3. His last match, was also against England, in 1954 which France again won 11-3, in Paris.
He took up coaching and coached Mont-de-Marsan to victory in the French Championship in 1963, the only time the club has won the championship. Mont-de-Marsan also won the Yves Du-Manoir three times, 1961-62.
He took over as French coach from Jean Prat in 1968. France toured South Africa (1971) and Australia (1972) during this time. He was coach until 1973 when Jean Desclaux took over. Cazenave became the French Federation's first national technical director.
He died aged 80 on 11 January 2005.
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French rugby union footballer and coach (1924-2005)
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Fernand Cazenave was born on 26 November 1924 in Bérenx.
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Fernand Cazenave died on 10 January 2005 in Mont-de-Marsan.
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Fernand Cazenave was a rugby union player.
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Fernand Cazenave was French.
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