René Deleris
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| Date of birth | 24 March 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Carmaux, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 December 2022 (aged 96) | ||||||||||||||||
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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]