# Jean-Pierre Clar

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**Jean Pierre Clar** (born 27 February 1942[2]), also known by the [nicknames](/source/Nickname) *"Jap,"* *"Nam,"* *"Le chinois"* ("The Chinese"), and *"Tronche d'obus"* ("Howitzer head"), is a French former professional [rugby league](/source/Rugby_league) and amateur [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for [France](/source/France_national_rugby_league_team) in the [1968 Rugby League World Cup](/source/1968_Rugby_League_World_Cup) and [1970 Rugby League World Cup](/source/1970_Rugby_League_World_Cup), and at club level for [US Villeneuve XIII](/source/Villeneuve_XIII_RLLG) (two spells) as a or . He played as a [flanker](/source/Flanker_(rugby_union)) in the club-level rugby union (RU) for [SU Agen](/source/SU_Agen_Lot-et-Garonne).

## Background

Jean-Pierre Clar was born in [Hanoi](/source/Hanoi), [French Indochina](/source/French_Indochina) to a French father and a [Vietnamese](/source/Vietnamese_people) mother.[3]

As a player, he is considered not very heavy nor very fast but has "a style at any speed of execution as he was technical to the point"[4]

He debuted in [rugby league](/source/Rugby_league) for [Villeneuve XIII](/source/Villeneuve_XIII_RLLG) alongside his brother [Christian](/source/Christian_Clar) before returning there after his rugby union period. He played three seasons for [SU Agen](/source/SU_Agen), winning a [French Championship](/source/Top_14) title in [1962](/source/1961-62_French_Rugby_Union_Championship). With Villeneuve, he won the [French Championship](/source/French_Rugby_League_Championship) in 1964. Called up for the [France national team](/source/France_national_rugby_league_team), he earned 34 caps between 1965 and 72.

One of his notable feats was on 6 March 1967, during a match against the [Great Britain national team](/source/Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team) in [Wigan](/source/Wigan). In this match, he exemplified himself by his pugnacity and his resistance to bad gestures from opposing players (notably, from [Bill Bryant](/source/Bill_Bryant_(rugby_league))) which would earn him the applause of the British public at the end of the match.[5]

Outside the field, he is a company manager,[2] after working as a "locksmith welder".[5]

## References

1. [Jean Pierre Clar](https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jean-paul-clar/summary.html) *rugbyleagueproject.org*

1. ["Fiche joueur"](http://www.finalesrugby.com/joueur.asp?idJoueur=485). *FinalesRugby*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190923/http://www.finalesrugby.com/joueur.asp?idJoueur=485) 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-06-18.

1. Mouret, Aimé (December 2011). ""Clar, Jean-Pierre"". *Le Who's who du rugby à XIII*. Toulouse: Éditions de l'Ixcea. p. 68. ISBN 978-2-84918-118-8.

1. Passamar, André (1984). "Clar, Jean-Pierre". *L'encyclopédie de Treize Magazine*. Toulouse: Sud-Ouest Presse impression. p. 35. ASIN B0014I5GK6.

1. Mouret, Aimé (December 2011). ""Clar, Jean-Pierre"". *Le Who's who du rugby à XIII*. Toulouse: Éditions de l'Ixcea. p. 291. ISBN 978-2-84918-118-8.

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