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| Birth name | Gaston Lane | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 January 1883 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 September 1914 (aged 31) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Lironville, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Gaston Lane (31 January 1883 – 23 September 1914) was a French rugby union player. He was 1 m 68 cm tall and weighed 68 kg.
He played right wing three quarter (later centre) for Racing club de France and for the French national team; at first he also played for AS Bois-Colombes then for the Paris Cosmopolitan Club.
He played in the first French international and was capped ten times, along with Marcel Communeau.
He was a tradesman. He was killed on the front in Moselle at the start of the First World War.
He was an excellent club rugby player, and also occasionally contributed articles to Sporting.