Élie Brousse

French rugby league footballer (1921-2019)

Élie Brousse (28 August 1921 – 2 July 2019) was a French rugby league player. He played as a second-row. He played for Roanne, Marseille and Lyon Villeurbanne in the French Rugby League Championship.[1] He played for the French national team 31 times between 1946 and 1953. He was born in Bages, Aude.

Brousse died on 2 July 2019 in Roanne, at the age of 97.[2]

References change

  1. "Élie Brousse at eraofthebiff.com" (in French). Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. "Rugby à XIII : Élie Brousse, le "Tigre de Sydney", est décédé à l'âge de 97 ans". lindependant.fr (in French). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.