Florică Murariu (28 March 1955 – 24 December 1989) was a Romanian professional rugby union flanker.[1]
 Murariu with Steaua Bucharest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Mitoc, Botoșani, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 December 1989 (aged 34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editMurariu spent his entire career playing for Steaua Bucharest, where he won 10 league titles.[2]
He won 69 caps for Romania, from 1976 to 1989, and scored 8 tries, 32 points on aggregate.[3] He made his international debut against France on 14 November 1976. He captained his country for the first time on 12 April 1986 against France. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games and scoring 2 tries, 8 points on aggregate. His final international appearance came against England on 13 May 1989.
Murariu was an officer in the Romanian Army and was shot dead at a roadblock during the 1989 Revolution.[1][4]
Honours
editClub
edit- Steaua Bucharest
- Romanian League:
- Champion (10): 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989
- Cupa României:
- Winner (2): 1977, 1978
International
edit- Romania
- FIRA Nations Cup:
- Winner (3): 1977, 1981, 1983
References
edit- ^ a b Butler, Eddie (15 April 2001). "A dead man and a dying game". The Observer. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Legende". CSA Steaua Rugby (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Florică Murariu international career". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Sorescu, Maria (20 December 2012). "Poveștile eroilor rugbyști care au murit pe baricade pentru eliberarea de sub comunism". Ziarul de Sport (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
Further reading
edit- Riordan, James (1991). Sport, Politics, and Communism. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-2850-2.
- Ryan, Mark (2007). World Rugby, The Greatest Rugby Moments & Players of the Last 100 Years. Flame Tree Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8445-1714-5.
External links
edit- Florică Murariu at ESPNscrum
This biographical article relating to Romanian rugby union is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |