{{Short description|France international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox rugby league biography | image= | name = Jean Foussat | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1931|12|14}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|3|3|1931|12|14}} | birth_place = Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | death_place = Brive-la-Gaillarde, France | position = {{rlp|CE|WG}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|12|st|5|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | club1 = {{nowrap|Villeneuve-sur-Lot}} | year1start = 19?? | year1end = ?? | appearances1 = | tries1 = | goals1 = | fieldgoals1 = | points1 = | teamA = {{rlnt|France}} | yearAstart = 1957 | yearAend = 61 | appearancesA = 10 | triesA = 6 | goalsA = 0 | fieldgoalsA = 0 | pointsA = 18 | retired = yes | updated = 20 Sep 2022 }}
'''Jean Foussat''' (Brive-la-Gaillarde, 14 December 1931- Brive-la-Gaillarde, 3 March 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jean Foussat - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jean-foussat/summary.html|access-date=2021-01-29|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>), was a former French rugby league footballer who played as centre or wing.
== Biography == During his entire career, Foussat played for Villeneuve-sur-Lot,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rollet|first=Marcel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IdxYDwAAQBAJ&q=foussat+villeneuve+rugby&pg=PT45|title=Mêlées et démélés, touches et retouches|date=1976-01-01|publisher=FeniXX réédition numérique|isbn=978-2-402-22777-3|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nicolas|date=2017-11-29|title=Histoire - "Je me souviens" de Claude Cassagnol #1 : finale du championnat de France 1959 - Rugby à XIII|url=https://treizemondial.fr/je-me-souviens-de-claude-cassagnol-1-finale-du-championnat-de-france-1959/|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Treize Mondial|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Villeneuve-sur-Lot. Un diplôme d'honneur et plein de souvenirs pour "Jeannot"|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2018/10/10/2885395-un-diplome-d-honneur-et-plein-de-souvenirs-pour-jeannot.html|access-date=2021-01-29|website=ladepeche.fr|language=fr}}</ref> which he won a French Championship title in 1959. Thanks to his club performances, he represented France at the 1957 Rugby League World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jean Foussat - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jean-foussat/summary.html|access-date=2021-01-29|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
==Personal life== Outside the pitch, he worked as an electrician.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vol. 41 No. 12 (June 11, 1960) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-610045131 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref> === Honours === * Team : ** French Champion : in 1959 (Villeneuve-sur-Lot).
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== External links == * [https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jean-foussat/summary.html Jean Foussat profile] at rugbyleagueproject.com
{{France 1957 Rugby League World Cup squad}} {{France_1960_Rugby_League_World_Cup_squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Foussat, Jean}} Category:1931 births Category:2015 deaths Category:20th-century French sportsmen Category:France national rugby league team players Category:French rugby league players Category:Rugby league wingers Category:Rugby league players from Nouvelle-Aquitaine Category:Rugby league centres Category:Sportspeople from Brive-la-Gaillarde Category:Villeneuve Leopards players
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