Nicolae Mărăscu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian rugby union player
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Place of Birth: Bucharest
About Nicolae Mărăscu
- Nicolae Marascu (July 1, 1898 – c.
- 1936) was a Romanian rugby union footballer.
- Born in Bucharest, he played as a centre. Marascu had 5 caps for the newcomer Romania, without ever scoring, since his first match, in 1919, a 48-5 loss to France XV, in Paris, for the Inter-Allied Games, and his last, at 22 May 1927, in a 21-5 win over Czechoslovakia, in Bratislava. The highest point of Marascu career was at the 1924 Olympic Tournament, when Romania, even losing to France (59-3) and the United States (39-0) still won the bronze medal by finishing in 3rd place.
- Marascu was the captain of the Romanian team.
- It was the last time that rugby union appeared at the Olympic Games.
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