Élie Brousse

Élie Brousse
Personal information
Born(1921-08-28)28 August 1921
Bages, Aude, 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
Source: [1]

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.[2][3]

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.[4] Before the tour, Brousse had the nickname "The Good Giant" due to his large physique and good sportsmanship,[5] afterwards he became known as the "Tiger of Sydney".[6]

In 2018, Brousse was inducted into the Gloire du sport (France National Sports Hall of Fame).[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Élie Brousse". Rugby League Project.
  2. ↑ "Rugby à XIII : Élie Brousse, le "Tigre de Sydney", est décédé à l'âge de 97 ans". lindependant.fr.
  3. ↑ "Élie Brousse at eraofthebiff.com".
  4. ↑ "1951 Les Chanticleers Tour". Rugby League Project.
  5. ↑ "FAST FRENCH FORWARD IS "THE GOOD GIANT"". The Rugby League News. Vol. 32, no. 5. Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. 28 April 1951. nla.obj-636361262. Retrieved 18 June 2026 – via Trove.
  6. ↑ "Bon anniversaire Elie Brousse!" (in French). FFRXIII. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Elie Brousse rejoint Puig-Aubert parmi les Gloires du Sport Français!" (in French). FFRXIII. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2026.


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