Birth Date: | 1 May 1924 |
Birth Place: | Toulouse, France |
Retired: | yes |
Club1: | Marseille XIII |
Teama: | France |
Yearastart: | 1949 |
Yearaend: | 57 |
Appearancesa: | 21 |
Triesa: | 2 |
Goalsa: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
Pointsa: | 6 |
Updated: | 17 January 2021 |
Jean Dop (1924–2003) was a French professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. A France international representative, he played club football for Marseille XIII.
Dop featured in the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand, in place of injured scrum-half back Joseph Crespo. It was Les Chanticleers first such tour, but they lost only 4 of its 28 games, with Dop's dashing runs seen as instrumental in France's victory over Australia in the first Test.[1] Also during this tour in a match against South Auckland in New Zealand Dop was struck by a spectator.[2] He later toured with France playing at .[3] In 1988 he was inducted into the International Rugby League Hall of Fame.