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.
The ASBH, currently in Pro D2 but champion of France eleven times between 1961 and 1984, greeted "a Biterrois prince".
ᴘɪᴇʀʀᴇ ᴅᴀɴᴏs, ᴜɴ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ʙɪᴛᴇʀʀᴏɪs
C'est avec une vive émotion que la famille des "Rouge & Bleu" a appris la disparition de 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀, à l'âge de 93 ans.
The whole club sends its warmest thoughts to his family and loved ones.
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— ASBH Official (@ASBHOfficiel) January 16, 2023
With Béziers, he notably won the Challenge Yves-du-Manoir (1964) and played in four finals of the French Championship (1960, 1961, 1962, 1964), for a victory (1961).
He then scored the decisive drop, from the edge of the sidelines, during the victory of the Red and Blue in front of Albi (6-3).
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 also participated in the tour of the XV of France in South Africa in 1958.
He has also gone down in history for this sentence: “In rugby, there are those who play the piano and those who move them.
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