Paul Dupré

Paul Edouard Dupré

Date of birth	(1888-06-29)29 June 1888
Place of birth	Gagny, France
Date of death	31 May 1916(1916-05-31) (aged 27)
Place of death	near Dornitz, German Empire
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	75 kg (11 st 11 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Racing Club de France () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1909 France 1 (0)
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Military career
Allegiance	France
Rank	Private
Unit	4ème Zouaves
Memorials	Monument au Morts 1914–1918, Gagny

Paul Dupré (29 June 1888 – 31 May 1916)^[a] was a French rugby player, who represented Racing Club de France and was selected for France for one match.

He was born in Gagny. In the First World War he was a private in the 4ème Zouaves regiment of the French Army, and died from wounds in the German prisoner-of-war camp at Altengrabow.

Paul Dupré was born on 29 June 1888 in Gagny, France.^[2]

Dupré played for Racing Club de France, and earned selection on one occasion for France, in the 1909 fixture against Wales at Colombes. The French were beaten 5–47,^[2] having lost the first encounter between the two countries, the previous year in Cardiff 36–4.^[3]

Opposition	Score	Result	Date	Venue	Ref(s)
Wales	5–47	Lost	23 February 1909	Colombes	[4][5]

In the First World War, Dupré was a soldat deuxième classe with the 4ème Zouaves light infantry regiment of the French Army. He was captured by the Germans, and died of his wounds in a prisoner-of-war camp in Altengrabow, Germany, on 31 May 1916. He is commemorated on the Monument au Morts 1914–1918 in his birthplace, Gagny, France.^[2]

• List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War

• Paul Dupré at ESPNscrum (archive)