June Carter Cash
Famous Fiction Authors
Donna Summer
Angelina Jolie
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived
1 photo
Quick Facts
- NAME: René Lacoste
- OCCUPATION: Tennis Player, Business Leader, Fashion Designer
- BIRTH DATE: July 02, 1904
- DEATH DATE: October 12, 1996
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
- PLACE OF DEATH: Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
- Full Name: Jean René Lacoste
- Nickname: The Crocodile
- Nickname: The Alligator
Best Known For
Member of the legendary Four Musketeers of French tennis, Renee Lacoste also invented the metal tennis racket and was founder of the Lacoste line of sportswear.
Quiz
Think you know about Biography?
Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.
Play NowRené Lacoste. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 07:32, May 18, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/ren%C3%A9-lacoste-40186.
René Lacoste. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/ren%C3%A9-lacoste-40186 [Accessed 18 May 2013].
"René Lacoste." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 18 2013, 07:32 http://www.biography.com/people/ren%C3%A9-lacoste-40186.
"René Lacoste," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/ren%C3%A9-lacoste-40186 [accessed May 18, 2013].
"René Lacoste," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/ren%C3%A9-lacoste-40186 (accessed May 18, 2013).
René Lacoste [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 18] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/ren%C3%A9-lacoste-40186.
René Lacoste, http://www.biography.com/people/ren%C3%A9-lacoste-40186 (last visited May 18, 2013).
René Lacoste. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/ren%C3%A9-lacoste-40186. Accessed May 18, 2013.
But it was a clothing line that bore his name that proved to be Lacoste's greatest post-game success. As a player, Lacoste went against traditional on-court fashion, opting to compete in short-sleeved knit shirts rather than dress shirts. Sensing a market for this look, Lacoste formed a small company soon after leaving the game to manufacture the apparel. By 1950, Lacoste's shirts, with its signature crocodile emblem on the left breast,
Contents
entered the U.S. market.
While sales steadily climbed for Lacoste, it wasn't until the 1980s that demand exploded as the Lacoste name and symbol became synonymous with high status. In 1982, sales peaked at $450 million.
Over the last several years of his life, Rene Lacoste battled health issues. He suffered from prostate cancer and in early October 1996, had surgery on a broken leg. He died in his sleep from heart failure just four days after the procedure, on October 14, 1996, in St. Jean-de-Luz, France.
© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
profile name: René Lacoste profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Fantastically French
View groupWith its natural splendor and key geographic location, France has forever been the destination of marauding hordes—whether they be sword-wielding barbarians or camera-toting tourists. However, these Frenchmen and Frenchwomen have extended their influence outward, beyond the borders of the Hexagone, through art, invention and philosophy. C'etait magnifique, or, as deemed by the aforementioned title, fantastically French.
Fantastically French 19 people in this group
-
Famous Cancerians 553 people in this group
-
Famous Tennis Players
View groupThroughout the history of tennis, there have been champs who have captivated fans with their achievements. From the history-making record of Arthur Ashe, the first African-American to win at Wimbledon, to the Olympic medal-winning athleticism of players like Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal to the colorful on and off-court personalities of players like Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, these tennis players have made history acing their sport.
Famous Tennis Players 40 people in this group
