He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor, in 1989, and was awarded the Olympic Order, by the IOC, in 1990.

During his playing career, Busnel played club basketball with FA Mulhouse, FC Grenoble, ESSMG Lyon, UA Marseille, and Racing Club de France.

Busnel coached the senior French national women's team, from 1945 to 1957.

Busnel was the technical director (1960–1964), and President (1967–1980), of the French Basketball Federation.

Busnel, along with his wife Joëlle, and one of his nephews,[1] died in an auto crash, in 1991, outside of Lyon.