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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.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1 April 1932","date":"1932-04-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Louvie-Juzon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179756"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"28 November 2021","date":"2021-11-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Pau","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132671"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"rugby union player","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14089670","start":"1945","end":"1966"},{"text":"rugby union executive","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56117770","start":"1979","end":"1985"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1979–1985)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1979","end":"1985"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Moncla","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397"],"faq":[{"q":"When was François Moncla born?","a":"François Moncla was born on 1 April 1932 in Louvie-Juzon."},{"q":"What positions has François Moncla held?","a":"Positions held by François Moncla include: president (1979–1985)."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/francois-moncla-9fb1524898.jpg","width":152,"height":212,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"travail de Gérard Arramon www.lourdes-infos.com Gérard Merriot","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N3retrouvailles_FC_Lourdes_travail_de_www_lourdes-infos_com_G%C3%A9rard_Merriot_2_cropped_image.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): François Moncla","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Moncla","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3085397","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3085397","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: N3retrouvailles FC Lourdes travail de www lourdes-infos com Gérard Merriot 2 cropped image.jpg by travail de Gérard Arramon www.lourdes-infos.com Gérard Merriot (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N3retrouvailles_FC_Lourdes_travail_de_www_lourdes-infos_com_G%C3%A9rard_Merriot_2_cropped_image.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article François Moncla, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: N3retrouvailles FC Lourdes travail de www lourdes-infos com Gérard Merriot 2 cropped image.jpg — travail de Gérard Arramon www.lourdes-infos.com Gérard Merriot, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"François Moncla\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/francois-moncla. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T08:00:38Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/francois-moncla","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/francois-moncla","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/francois-moncla?lang=ne"}}