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| Born | (1923-04-20)20 April 1923 Soustons, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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René Duffort (born 20 April 1923) is a French former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer and coach who represented France national rugby league team and coached them in multiple Rugby League World Cups.
Career
Duffort started to play rugby union for Côte Basque during World War II. At the end of the war, he returned to rugby league, which was forbidden by the Vichy regime between 1941 and 1944 and joins RC Roanne XIII with which he wins two championships in 1947 and 1948 and later, Lyon Villeurbanne XIII, with which he became champion in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953, he joins Celtic de Paris to then return to Lyon in 1953. He earned 22 caps for France and represented France during the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand.
References
- Rene Duffort rugbyleagueproject.org
- "Rene Duffort - Summary - Rugby League Project".
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- 1923 births
- Celtic de Paris coaches
- Celtic de Paris players
- France national rugby league team coaches
- France national rugby league team players
- French rugby league coaches
- French rugby league players
- Lyon Villeurbanne XIII coaches
- Lyon Villeurbanne XIII players
- People from Soustons
- RC Roanne XIII coaches
- RC Roanne XIII players
- Rugby league players from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Sportspeople from Landes (department)
- Rugby union players from Landes (department)