Former France defender Jean-Pierre Adams has died at the age of 73, almost 40 years after falling into a coma following a medical error, his former clubs, Paris Saint-Germain and Nimes, said on ...

“We learned this morning of the passing of Jean-Pierre Adams,” Nimes wrote on Twitter. “He had worn the colors of Nimes Olympique 84 times and with Marius Trésor made up ‘the black guard ...

“We learned this morning of the passing of Jean-Pierre Adams,” Nimes wrote on Twitter. “He had worn the colors of Nimes Olympique 84 times and with Marius Trésor made up ‘the black guard ...

"We learned this morning of the disappearance of Jean-Pierre Adams," they posted. "He had worn the colors of Nimes Olympique 84 times and formed with Marius Trésor "the black guard" in the French ...

Nous avons appris ce matin la disparition de Jean-Pierre Adams. Il avait porté les couleurs du Nîmes Olympique à 84 reprises et formait avec Marius Trésor "la garde noire" en Équipe de France.

There, Adams formed a central defensive partnership known as the “Garde Noire” — “Black Guard” — alongside Marius Trésor, a player the Brazilian Pele named, in 2004, among his 125 ...

Jean-Pierre Adams and fellow French football national team player Marius Trésor (right) pictured on October 11, 1974, leaving Paris by train towards Bruxelles in order to play against Belgium ...

Jean-Pierre Adams, an ex-footballer who fell into a coma in 1982 following a botched knee operation, has died at the age of 73, his former clubs Nimes Olympique, Paris Saint-Germain and Nice said.