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Michel Sitjar

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Michel Sitjar
Sitjar in 1965
Date of birth(1942-09-13)13 September 1942
Place of birthCastelsagrat, Tarn-et-Garonne,
Occitania,France
Date of death10 June 2019(2019-06-10) (aged 76)
Place of deathLamagistère, France
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Occupation(s)Rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Youth career
Avenir Valencien
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1961–1970 Sporting Union Agenais ()
Correct as of 20 June 2019
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1964–1967 France 13 (3)
Correct as of 20 June 2019
Rugby league career
Playing information
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1970–1971 XIII Catalan

Michel Sitjar (13 September 1942 – 10 June 2019) was an international rugby union & rugby league player for France and played club rugby for Agen. He also tried rugby league for a year in XIII Catalan after brutally stopping his career at 28. Sitjar played as a flanker and won three Brennus Shields with the Sporting Union Agenais (1962, 1965 and 1966). [1]

In 2008 he published his first collection of poems (Rugby & Poésie), followed by the second one Rugby & Poésie, deuxième mi-temps two years later. [2]

Sitjar committed suicide by gunshot at his home in Lamagistère on June 10, 2019. [3]

Sources

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  1. ^ P., J. (14 June 2019). "Michel Sitjar est parti" [Michel Sitjar passed away]. Midi Olympique (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Agen. La deuxième mi-temps de Michel Sitjar" [Agen. The second half-time of Michel Sitjar]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 20 July 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ B., G. (19 June 2019). "Obsèques civiles : Michel Sitjar s'est fait une dernière malle" [Michel Sitjar made his last French leave]. Le Petit Bleu d'Agen (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2019. (subscription required)