René Deleris
Date of birth(1926-03-24)24 March 1926
Place of birthCarmaux, France
Date of death27 December 2022(2022-12-27) (aged 96)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
?–? Carmaux ? (?)

René Charles Gustave Deleris (24 March 1926 – 27 December 2022) was a French rugby union player who played as a centre.[1] As a member of US Carmaux, he was a champion of the French Rugby Union Championship in 1951. In addition to his rugby union career, he worked as a teacher.[2]

Deleris's son, Christian, played rugby as a centre for Paris Université Club and Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby before becoming a coach for Colomiers Rugby and Castres Olympique.[3]

René Deleris died on 27 December 2022, at the age of 96.[4]

References

  1. "René DÉLÉRIS". dansnoscoeurs.fr (in French).
  2. "L'Équipe : le stade, l'air, la route". Gallica (in French). 15 May 1951. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. Bru, Henri (13 August 2013). "Histoire de familles". L'Équipe (in French).
  4. "Carmaux : René Déléris, champion de France 1951, nous a quittés". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Carmaux. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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