Michel Sitjar

Michel Sitjar
	Sitjar in 1965
Date of birth	13 September 1942
Place of birth	Castelsagrat, Tarn-et-Garonne,; Occitania,France
Date of death	10 June 2019 (aged 76)
Place of death	Lamagistère, France
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Occupation(s)	Rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flanker
Youth career
	Avenir Valencien
Senior career
Years	Team
1961–1970	Sporting Union Agenais
	Correct as of 20 June 2019
International career
Years	Team
1964–1967	France
	Correct as of 20 June 2019
	Rugby league career
Playing information
Club

Last updated December 30, 2024

Michel Sitjar (13 September 1942 – 10 June 2019) was an international rugby union & rugby league player for France and played club rugby for Agen. He also tried rugby league for a year in XIII Catalan after brutally stopping his career at 28. Sitjar played as a flanker and won three Brennus Shields with the Sporting Union Agenais (1962, 1965 and 1966). ^[1]

In 2008 he published his first collection of poems (Rugby & Poésie), followed by the second one Rugby & Poésie, deuxième mi-temps two years later. ^[2]

Sitjar committed suicide by gunshot at his home in Lamagistère on June 10, 2019. ^[3]

Sources

↑ P., J. (14 June 2019). "Michel Sitjar est parti" [Michel Sitjar passed away]. Midi Olympique (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2019.
↑ "Agen. La deuxième mi-temps de Michel Sitjar" [Agen. The second half-time of Michel Sitjar]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 20 July 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
↑ B., G. (19 June 2019). "Obsèques civiles : Michel Sitjar s'est fait une dernière malle" [Michel Sitjar made his last French leave]. Le Petit Bleu d'Agen (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2019.(subscription required)

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[1] P., J. (14 June 2019). "Michel Sitjar est parti" [Michel Sitjar passed away]. Midi Olympique (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[2] "Agen. La deuxième mi-temps de Michel Sitjar" [Agen. The second half-time of Michel Sitjar]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 20 July 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[3] B., G. (19 June 2019). "Obsèques civiles : Michel Sitjar s'est fait une dernière malle" [Michel Sitjar made his last French leave]. Le Petit Bleu d'Agen (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2019.(subscription required)

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