Michel Billière

Michel Billière (16 July 1943 – 31 January 2020) was a French rugby union player who played flanker.[1]

Michel Billière
Date of birth16 July 1943
Place of birthSalles-sur-Garonne, France
Date of death31 January 2020(2020-01-31) (aged 76)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1955–1967 Sporting Club Rieumois ()
1967–1974 Stade Toulousain 136 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1968 France 1 (0)
Teams coached
Years Team
Sporting Club Rieumois 1977–1986

Career

Billière graduated from the École de Rugby du SCR in 1955, and subsequently joined Sporting Club Rieumois, where he played until 1967. In 1967, he joined Stade Toulousain and stayed until his retirement in 1974. At Toulouse, he sometimes substituted as goal scorer for Pierre Villepreux and Jean-Louis Bérot.

From 1977 to 1989, he was deputy mayor and a municipal councillor in Rieumes.

In 1991, Billière received a bronze medal from the French Rugby Federation. He received a silver medal from the Mérite sportif de la Jeunesse et des Sports in 2004. In October of that year, he became a member of the Académie toulousaine de Rugby.

In 2010, he became Vice-President of the Amis du Stade toulousain, part of the Stade Ernest-Wallon complex. On 27 June 2019, he became President, alongside Franck Belot.[2]

Michel Billière died on 31 January 2020.[3]

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References
  1. "Rieumes. Michel Billière n'est plus". La Depeche (in French). 1 February 2020.
  2. "Transferts, prolongations, fins de contrat, blessures : les indiscrétions du Midol". Midi Olympique (in French). 22 July 2019.
  3. "Michel Billière nous a quittés". Rugby Rama (in French). 31 January 2020.


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