Jean Barthe (22 July 1932 – 2 December 2017)[1] was a French Rugby League and Rugby Union player.

Jean Barthe
Personal information
Full nameJean Barthe
Born(1932-07-22)22 July 1932
Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitania, France
Died2 December 2017(2017-12-02) (aged 85)
Villemoustaussou, France
Playing information
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Rugby league
PositionProp, Second-row, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Roanne XIII
Saint-Gaudens Bears
AS Carcassonne
Saint-Jacques
Saint-Paul
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
France 22
Rugby union
PositionNumber eight
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–?? Biscarosse
19??–54 Stade Bordelais
1954–59 FC Lourdes
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1954–58 France 26 0
As of 18 January 2021

Playing career

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Rugby union

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Jean Barthe was born in Lourdes and started his career at FC Lourdes. With this club, he won three French Championships, in 1956, 1957 and 1958, and one Challenge Yves du Manoir. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 29 July 1954 against Argentina at Buenos Aires. He was called for the 1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa. In 1959 he left FC Lourdes for rugby league.

Rugby league

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Jean Barthe made his debut in rugby league with Roanne XIII in 1959 which he won the French Rugby League Championship in 1960 and the Lord Derby Cup in 1962. In 1963 he join Saint-Gaudens Bears. He won two other French Rugby League Championship and two Lord Derby Cup in 1966 and 1967 with AS Carcassonne. He captained the France national team during their 1960 Rugby League World Cup campaign.

References

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  1. ^ "Légende des rugbys à XV et à XIII, Jean Barthe est décédé". L'Indépendant. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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