{{Short description|Former France international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox rugby league biography | name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|5|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Toulouse, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|1|1|1924|5|1|df=y}} | death_place = | height = <!-- {{convert|X|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} or {{convert|X|ft|X|in|cm|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert|X|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} or {{convert|X|st|X|lb|kg|abbr=on}} --> | retired = yes | position = {{Rlp|SH|FB}} | club1 = Marseille XIII | year1start = | year1end = | appearances1 = | tries1 = | goals1 = | fieldgoals1 = | points1 = | teamA = France | yearAstart = 1949 | yearAend = 57 | appearancesA = 21 | triesA = 2 | goalsA = 0 | fieldgoalsA = 0 | pointsA = 6 | updated = 17 January 2021 | source = }}
'''Jean Dop''' (1924–2003) was a French professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. A France international representative {{rlp|sh}}, he played club football for Marseille XIII.
Dop featured in the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand, in place of injured scrum-half back Joseph Crespo. It was Les Chanticleers first such tour, but they lost only 4 of its 28 games, with Dop's dashing runs seen as instrumental in France's victory over Australia in the first Test.<ref>{{cite news | last = Goodman | first = Tom | title = Not froth and bubble | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | place =Australia | publisher = Australian Newspapers | date = 12 June 1951 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18221331 | accessdate = 2010-04-17}}</ref> Also during this tour in a match against South Auckland in New Zealand Dop was struck by a spectator.<ref>{{cite news | last = AAP Reuter | title = Dop hit by spectator | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | place =Australia | publisher = Australian Newspapers | date = 10 August 1951 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18214893 | accessdate = 2010-04-17}}</ref> He later toured with France playing at {{rlp|fb}}.<ref>{{cite book | last = John Coffey, Bernie Wood | title = 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908–2008 | publisher = Huia Publishers | year = 2008 | pages = 145 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC | isbn = 978-1-86969-331-2 }}</ref> In 1988 he was inducted into the International Rugby League Hall of Fame.
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==External links== *[http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Jean_Dop.html Jean Dop stats at rugbyleagueproject.com]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dop, Jean}} Category:1924 births Category:2003 deaths Category:20th-century French sportsmen Category:France national rugby league team players Category:French rugby league players Category:Marseille XIII players Category:Rugby league halfbacks Category:Rugby league players from Toulouse