Jean René Lacoste (1904 to 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman, nicknamed the Crocodile for the way he dealt with his opponents. He was one of the Four Musketeers with Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon and Henri Cochet, the French players who dominated tennis 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 he won the Davis Cup in 1927 and 1928, was ranked World No. 1 in some rankings for 1926, 1927 and 1929, and took a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Away from the court he is known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929, and he founded the Lacoste brand and its logo in 1933.
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Jean René Lacoste (French pronunciation: [ʁəne lakɔst]; 2 July 1904-12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman.
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He also won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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