Gaston Lane Explained

Gaston Lane
Birth Name:Gaston Lane
Birth Date:31 January 1883
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Lironville, France
Ru Position:Wing, Centre
Repyears1:1906 - 1913
Repcaps1:16
Reppoints1:3

Gaston Lane (31 January 1883 – 23 September 1914) was a French rugby union player. He was 1 m 68 cm tall and weighed 68 kg.

He played right wing three quarter (later centre) for Racing club de France and for the French national team; at first he also played for AS Bois-Colombes then for the Paris Cosmopolitan Club.

He played in the first French international and was capped ten times, along with Marcel Communeau.

He was a tradesman. He was killed on the front in Moselle at the start of the First World War.

He was an excellent club rugby player, and also occasionally contributed articles to Sporting.

Career

Club

International

Gaston Lane was first selected for the French national team for the 1 January 1906 match against the All-Blacks, the first French Test match.

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Club

International

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