Marcel Henry Burgun was a French rugby union player. He was born on 30 January 1890, in St Petersburg, Russia and died on 2 September 1916 during the First World War. He was 1 m 73 and weighed 72 kg, and played at centre, for and Racing club de France.

He attended the École centrale Paris

École Centrale Paris

École Centrale Paris is a French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France and has the special status...

 and entered the French artillery in 1914, then the nascent French air force in 1915, gaining the rank of "lieutenant ingénieur" and was killed in combat against the Germans. His brother was also killed in the conflict in 1914.

He received three decorations for bravery including a posthumous Croix de Guerre. He is buried in the Mont Frenet, cemetery in the commune de La Cheppe

La Cheppe

La Cheppe is a commune in the Marne department in the Champagne-Ardenne region in north-eastern France....

 (Marne).

Club

• SCUF : ?
• Racing club de France : Sporting club universitaire de France 1912
• Castres Olympique
  Castres Olympique
  Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Midi-Pyrénées city of Castres and currently competing in the top level of the French league system.Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906...
  
  : 1912 to 1914

International

• Marcel Burgun had his first appearance on the 20th march 1909 against the Ireland national rugby union team
  Ireland national rugby union team
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International

• 11 appearances with the France national rugby union team
  France national rugby union team
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  • 1 in 1909, 3 in 1910, 2 in 1911, 2 in 1912, 2 in 1913, and 1 in 1914
• Participation in 5 finales of the Six Nations Championship
  Six Nations Championship
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  , and a preliminary match against the Ireland national rugby union team
  Ireland national rugby union team
  The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
  
   in 1909.
• Played and won against the Scotland national rugby union team
  Scotland national rugby union team
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   in 1911 in Paris
  Paris
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External links

• Fiche de joueur, sur ffr.fr