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Jean René Lacoste (July 2, 1904 - October 12, 1996) was a famous French tennis player, businessman, and innovator, nicknamed "the crocodile" by fans; he is now mostly known as being the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he invented in 1929. Tennis champion Rene Lacoste at Wimbledon This work is copyrighted. ...
Tennis champion Rene Lacoste at Wimbledon This work is copyrighted. ...
July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ...
1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ...
Lacoste is a French apparel company. ...
Tennis Shirt A tennis shirt, also called a polo shirt or a golf shirt, is a T-shaped shirt with a collar, (typically) two or three buttons down a slit below the collar, two small slits on the bottom of either side, and an optional pocket. ...
1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Lacoste was one of The Four Musketeers, France's tennis stars who dominated the game in the 1920s and early 1930s. He won 7 Grand Slam singles titles in the French, American, and British championships, failing to win only in Australia. The Four Musketeers were four tennis players from France, given their name from the Alexandre Dumas story The Three Musketeers. ...
Grand Slam is a general sports term applied when achieving something special. ...
The Four Musketeers were inducted simultaneously into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1976. The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit tennis museum in Newport, Rhode Island, USA that also has a Hall of Fame for prominent personalities and players from the tennis world. ...
A side street in Newport, Rhode Island, showing the historic buildings near the waterfront Newport is a city located in Newport County, Rhode Island. ...
1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Grand Slam achievements
- Singles champion: 1925, 1927, 1929
The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ...
- Singles champion: 1925, 1928
Wimbledon logo Wimbledon is the oldest and most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ...
- Singles champion: 1926, 1927
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