Soccer-Tributes flow as former France great Fontaine dies


FILE PHOTO: Former France's national team player Just Fontaine attends a Euro 2012 friendly soccer match in Reims May 31, 2012. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) -Former France soccer great Just Fontaine, who in 1958 scored a record 13 goals in a single edition of the World Cup, has died, triggering an outpouring of tributes on Wednesday.

Fontaine, 89, netted 30 goals from 21 caps for France between 1953-1960.

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