Jean Barthe (22 July 1932 – 2 December 2017) was a French Rugby League and

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player.

Playing career

Rugby union

Jean Barthe was born in

Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Château ...

and started his career at

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. With this club, he won three French Championships, in 1956, 1957 and 1958, and one

Challenge Yves du Manoir The Challenge Yves du Manoir was a rugby union club competition that was played in France between 1931 and 2003 under different names. It is named after former player Yves du Manoir. History The Challenge Yves du Manoir was officially created on S ...

. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 29 July 1954 against

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. He was called for the 1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa. In 1959 he left

for rugby league.

Rugby league

Jean Barthe made his debut in rugby league with Roanne XIII in 1959 which he won the

French Rugby League Championship The French rugby league championship (french: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France since the sport was introduced to the country in the 1930s. ...

in 1960 and the

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in 1962. In 1963 he join

Saint-Gaudens Bears The Saint-Gaudens Bears are a professional rugby league club based in the town of Saint-Gaudens, in the Haute-Garonne region of south-western France. They play in the Elite One Championship. The club was formed in 1958. They have won the Fren ...

. He won two other

and two

in 1966 and 1967 with

AS Carcassonne Association Sportive of Carcassonne are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in Carcassonne in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie in the south of France. They play in the French Elite One Championship and a ...

. He captained the France national team during their

1960 Rugby League World Cup The 1960 Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the tournament and the first Rugby League World Cup to be held in Great Britain. The same format as used in 1957 was used, with a group stage leading to a final table. The 1960 World Cup ...

campaign.

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