Élie Brousse (28 August 1921 – 2 July 2019) was a French rugby league player for Roanne, Marseille and Lyon Villeurbanne in the French rugby league championship competition. His position of choice was as a second-row.[1][2]

Élie Brousse
Personal information
Full nameÉlie Brousse
Born(1921-08-28)28 August 1921
Bages, Aude,
Occitania, France
Died2 July 2019(2019-07-02) (aged 97)
Roanne, France
Playing information
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb)
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1939–47 Roanne
1948–49 Marseille
1950–54 Lyon
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946–53 France 31 3 0 0 9

Brousse featured in the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand, Les Chanticleers first such tour, during which they lost only 4 of their 28 games.

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby à XIII : Élie Brousse, le "Tigre de Sydney", est décédé à l'âge de 97 ans". lindependant.fr.
  2. ^ "Élie Brousse at eraofthebiff.com".