René Lacoste
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 28 years ago |
Date of birth | July 2,1904 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Paris |
France | |
Date of died | October 12,1996 |
Died | Saint-Jean-de-Luz |
France | |
Nationality | French |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1976 (member page) |
Country (sports) | France |
Parents | Jeanne-Marie Magdeleine Larrieu-Let |
Jean-Jules Lacoste | |
Nickname | The Crocodile |
Spouse | Simone de la Chaume |
Children | Bernard Lacoste |
Catherine Lacoste | |
Michel Lacoste | |
Grandchildren | Jacques Lacoste |
Maxime Lacoste | |
William Lacoste | |
Victoria Lacoste | |
Antoine Lacoste | |
Books | Tennis |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 791818 |
René Lacoste Life story
Jean René Lacoste 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.