Michel Sitjar

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Michel Sitjar
Sitjar 1965 Stade Toulousain SUA.png
Sitjar in 1965
Date of birth(1942-09-13)13 September 1942
Place of birthCastelsagrat, ₣ance
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
1950s–1961 Avenir Valencien
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1961–1970 Sporting Union Agenais ? (?)
1970–1971 XIII Catalan ? (?)
Correct as of 20 June 2019
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1964–1967 France 13 (3)
Correct as of 20 June 2019

Michel Sitjar (13 September 1942 – 10 June 2019) was an international rugby union 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]

He killed himself at his home in Lamagistère on June 10, 2019. [3]

Sources[]

  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.
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