Jean Barthe

{{Short description|Former France international dual-code rugby footballer}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

| name = Jean Barthe

| image =

| fullname = Jean Barthe

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1932|7|22}}

| birth_place = Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitania, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|12|2|1932|7|22}}

| death_place = Villemoustaussou, France

| height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|88|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = Number eight

| ru_club1 = Biscarosse

| ru_year1start = 19??

| ru_year1end = ??

| ru_appearances1 =

| ru_points1 =

| ru_club2 = {{nowrap|Stade Bordelais}}

| ru_year2start = 19??

| ru_year2end = 54

| ru_appearances2 =

| ru_points2 =

| ru_club3 = FC Lourdes

| ru_year3start = 1954

| ru_year3end = 59

| ru_appearances3 =

| ru_points3 =

| ru_teamA = France

| ru_yearAstart = 1954

| ru_yearAend = 58

| ru_appearancesA = 26

| ru_pointsA = 0

| position = {{rlp|PR|SR|LF}}

| club1 = Roanne XIII

| club2 = {{nowrap|Saint-Gaudens Bears}}

| club3 = AS Carcassonne

| club4 = Saint-Jacques

| club5 = Saint-Paul

| teamA = France

| yearAstart =

| appearancesA = 22

| pointsA =

| updated = 18 January 2021

}}

Jean Barthe (22 July 1932 – 2 December 2017){{cite web |url=http://www.lindependant.fr/2017/12/03/l-ancien-international-de-rugby-a-xv-et-a-xiii-jean-barthe-est-decede,3075947.php |title=Légende des rugbys à XV et à XIII, Jean Barthe est décédé |work=L'Indépendant |date=3 December 2017 |accessdate=3 December 2017}} was a French Rugby League and Rugby Union player.

Playing career

=Rugby union=

Jean Barthe was born in Lourdes and started his career at FC Lourdes. With this club, he won three French Championships, in 1956, 1957 and 1958, and one Challenge Yves du Manoir. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 29 July 1954 against Argentina at Buenos Aires. He was called for the 1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa. In 1959 he left FC Lourdes for rugby league.