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Ezio Galon

Ezio Galon, Italian rugby player
Ezio Galon (born 22 July 1977) is a former Italian rugby union player.

He played for Mogliano Rugby in the Excellence competition. A native of Treviso, he formerly played for Rugby Parma and, in 2000-2005, in the French sides of Bourgoin-Jallieu (2000–2001), La Rochelle (2001–2004, with whom he won two French Cups) and Lyon OU (2004–2005).

Ezio Galon's position of choice is as a full-back, but he is comfortable operating as a centre or on the wing.

He played for Italy in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 tournaments. He was called for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

After being the Assistant and Head Coach for Mogliano Rugby, he became Assistant Coach for Benetton Treviso for the 2016-17 season.

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Events on 1977

  • 23Mar

    Watergate scandal

    The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
  • 5Jul

    Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

    Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
  • 4Aug

    Jimmy Carter

    U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
  • 15Aug

    Search for extraterrestrial intelligence

    The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  • 21Nov

    God Save the Queen

    Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".