André Boniface

André Boniface

Boniface in 1971
Birth name	André Boniface
Date of birth	(1934-08-14)14 August 1934
Place of birth	Montfort-en-Chalosse, France
Date of death	8 April 2024(2024-04-08) (aged 89)
Place of death	Bayonne, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Guy Boniface (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre or wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1951–1952 Dax () 1952–1972 Mont-de-Marsan () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1954–1966 France 48 (44)

André Boniface (14 August 1934 – 8 April 2024) was an international rugby union player for France. His usual position was either on the wing or in the centres. His Test career for France, 1954 through to 1966, included 48 caps and 44 points. Boniface was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2005. Both he and his younger brother Guy Boniface were inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in March 2011.^[1] Boniface died on 8 April 2024, at the age of 89.^[2]

• "André Boniface". rugbyhalloffame.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
• "Galeries de stars" (in French). lequipe.fr. Archived from the original on 18 November 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
• Andre Boniface at the World Rugby Hall of Fame

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