Date of birth | 9 February 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 October 2023 | (aged 91)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death |
Ciboure, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gérard Murillo (9 February 1932 – 11 October 2023) was a French rugby union player and manager. [1]
Born in Paris on 9 February 1932, Murillo played for Stade Dijonnais. He played his first international match for France on 24 April 1954 against Italy, and his last on 29 August 1954 against Argentina. [2] As a manager, he briefly coached the Spanish national team between 1986 and 1992, having also been manager for Saint-Jean-de-Luz olympique rugby from 1962 to 1981. [3]
Gérard Murillo died in Ciboure on 11 October 2023, at the age of 91. [4]