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René Lacoste
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René Lacoste

French Tennis player


Dead at 92 years
Birthday
Saturday
He is born 119 years, 8 months and 27 days ago
Death date
Saturday

He is dead since 27 years, 5 months and 17 days
Birthplace
Paris, France
Nationality: french France
Birth sign: Cancer
Chinese birth sign: Dragon

Jean René Lacoste (2 July 1904 – 12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929, and eventually founded the brand and its logo in 1933.

Lacoste was one of The Four Musketeers with Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, and Henri Cochet, French tennis stars who dominated the game in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles at the French, American, and British championships and was an eminent baseline player and tactician of the pre-war period. As a member of the French team, Lacoste won the Davis Cup in 1927 and 1928. Lacoste was the World No. 1 player for both 1926 and 1927. He also won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Source : Wikipedia