# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-moncla
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:52:35.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-moncla"
name: "François Moncla"
slug: "francois-moncla"
description: "François Moncla was a French international rugby union player, playing as a flanker from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. He earned 31 caps for France between 1956 and 1961, contributing to three Five Nations victories, scoring 27 points. Moncla captained the national team 18 times and participated in tours to South Africa (1958), Argentina (1960), and New Zealand (1961). After moving to Paris for work, he played for Racing CF, winning the 1959 French championship, later going back home in his beloved Béarn and joining Section Paloise to secure another title in 1964."
tagline: "French rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/N3retrouvailles_FC_Lourdes_travail_de_www_lourdes-infos_com_G%C3%A9rard_Merriot_2_cropped_image.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1932-04-01"
deathDate: "2021-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.607164
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Moncla"
    title: "François Moncla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Moncla"
    title: "François Moncla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Moncla"
    title: "François Moncla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Moncla"
    title: "François Moncla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Moncla"
    title: "François Moncla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump