Michel Crauste

Michel Crauste (6 July 1934 – 2 May 2019) was a French international rugby union player. He played as a flanker and number eight for Racing Club de France and FC Lourdes.

Michel Crauste

Crauste in 2015
Date of birth	(1934-07-06)6 July 1934
Place of birth	Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France
Date of death	2 May 2019(2019-05-02) (aged 84)
Place of death	Pau, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number eight Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1954–1959 Racing () 1959–1968 FC Lourdes () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1957–1966 France 63 (30)

Crauste was born in Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 19 May 1957 against Romania at Bucharest. He also captained the second French side to beat the Springboks in South Africa and was elected France's Player of the Year in 1961. He was also the first French international player to score three tries in one test match.

Crauste died, aged 84, in Pau, France.