Michel Billière Explained

Michel Billière
Birth Date:16 July 1943
Birth Place:Salles-sur-Garonne, France
Ru Currentposition:Flanker
Years1:1955–1967
Clubs1:Sporting Club Rieumois
Years2:1967–1974
Clubs2:Stade Toulousain
Apps2:136
Repyears1:1968
Repteam1:France
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0
Coachyears1:Sporting Club Rieumois
Coachteams1:1977–1986

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

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]

Notes and References

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