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René Lacoste

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René Lacoste

1904–1996

French and Jamaican tennis player (1904–1996)

Early 20th Century

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Key Dates

Birth

1904 July 2, 1904 →

Biography

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.

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Timeline

1904
Birth

French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (d. 1996)

July 2 →
1996
Death

French tennis player (b. 1904)

October 12 →

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