{{Short description|French rugby league player (1941–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox rugby league biography | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|05|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|12|04|1941|05|03|df=yes}} | death_place = | height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|11|st|4|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-647919014/view?sectionId=nla.obj-653568823&partId=nla.obj-647921151#page/n15/mode/1up|title=Vol. 49 No. 20 (May 25, 1968)|website=nla.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> | position = {{rlp|hb}} | club1 = Avignon | year1start = 1962 | year1end = 73 | appearances1 = 6 | club2 = Cavaillon<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-647919014|title=Vol. 49 No. 20 (May 25, 1968)|website=nla.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> | year2start = 1973 | year2end = 74 | club3 = Entraigues | year3start = 1974 | year3end = 79 | teamA = France | yearAstart = 1965 | yearAend = 73 | appearancesA = 6 | triesA = 0 | goalsA = 0 | fieldgoalsA = 1 | pointsA = 1 | ru_coachteam1 = Le Pontet | ru_coachyear1start = | ru_coachyear1end = | source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/michael-moliner/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020|archive-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218212519/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/michael-moliner/summary.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Ailleres Still Star of France">{{cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-647883207/view?partId=nla.obj-647907510#page/n3/mode/1up|title=Ailleres Still Star of France|publisher=nla.gov.au|date=12 May 1968|accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="Today's Game In Aukland - France's Squad">{{cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-647919014/view?partId=nla.obj-647921151#page/n15/mode/1up|title=Today's Game In Auckland - France's Squad|publisher=nla.gov.au|date=25 May 1968|accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref> }}
'''Marius Frattini''' (20 June 1941 – 4 December 2023) was a French rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, as a {{rlp|hb}}.
== Playing career == Frattini played for Avignon, and later, for Cavaillon and Entraigues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mairie-vedene.fr/IMG/pdf/rugbyXIII.pdf |title=Wayback Machine has not archived that URL. |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=mairie-vedene.fr}}{{Dead Link|date=September 2023}}</ref> At international level, he also represented France between 1965 and 1973, including at the 1968 and 1972 Rugby League World Cups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/marius-frattini/summary.html|title=Marius Frattini - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> Outside the game, he worked as first-aid attendant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-647883207|title=Vol. 49 No. 17 (May 12, 1968)|website=nla.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> He also coached Le Pontet before Guy Vigouroux took over.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ffr13.fr/breves/guy-vigouroux-souvenirs-souvenirs/|title=Guy Vigouroux, souvenirs, souvenirs...|last=Xiii|first=Ffr|date=2012-12-19|website=Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref>
== Death == Frattini died on 4 December 2023, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |title=Marius Frattini |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/societe/2023/12/10/marius-frattini |access-date=12 December 2023 |publisher=Le Dauphiné Libéré |date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/marius-frattini/summary.html Marius Frattini] at rugbyleagueproject.com {{France 1968 Rugby League World Cup squad}} {{France 1972 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
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