Jean-Pierre Adams

Jean-Pierre Adams
Personal information
Date of birth	10 March 1948
Place of birth	Dakar, French West Africa
Date of death	6 September 2021 (aged 73)
Place of death	Nîmes, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	US Cepoy
	CD Bellegarde
	USM Montargis
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1970	Entente BFN
1970–1973	Nîmes
1973–1977	Nice
1977–1979	Paris Saint-Germain
1979–1980	Mulhouse
1980–1981	Chalon
Total
International career
1972–1976	France
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-Pierre Adams (10 March 1948 – 6 September 2021) was a French professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

He was capped 22 times for France in the 1970s, and at club level, he played Division 1 football for Nîmes, Nice and Paris Saint-Germain. From March 1982 until his death in September 2021, he was in a coma as a result of mistakes made during a hospital operation.^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Jean-Pierre Adams". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ "Jean-Pierre Adams, le roc noir, dans le coma depuis 33 ans" [Jean-Pierre Adams, the black rock, in a coma for 33 years]. Ouest-France (in French). 6 January 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ Bairner, Robin (27 February 2014). "The footballer trapped in 'The House of the Beautiful Sleeping Athlete'". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ "'Tragic yet heartwarming': How Jean-Pierre Adams touched a nerve". CNN. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

[Bio-1] "Jean-Pierre Adams". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

[OF-2] "Jean-Pierre Adams, le roc noir, dans le coma depuis 33 ans" [Jean-Pierre Adams, the black rock, in a coma for 33 years]. Ouest-France (in French). 6 January 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[3] Bairner, Robin (27 February 2014). "The footballer trapped in 'The House of the Beautiful Sleeping Athlete'". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[4] "'Tragic yet heartwarming': How Jean-Pierre Adams touched a nerve". CNN. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-03-10)10 March 1948^[1]
Place of birth	Dakar, French West Africa^[1]
Date of death	6 September 2021(2021-09-06) (aged 73)^[1]
Place of death	Nîmes, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	US Cepoy
	CD Bellegarde
	USM Montargis
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1970	Entente BFN
1970–1973	Nîmes	84	(8)
1973–1977	Nice	126	(15)
1977–1979	Paris Saint-Germain	41	(1)
1979–1980	Mulhouse	11	(1)
1980–1981	Chalon	23	(1)
Total		285+	(26+)
International career
1972–1976	France	22	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals