Jean Rene Lacoste Signed Chaplin Jones Postcard A Chaplin Jo...

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Jean Rene Lacoste Signed Chaplin Jones Postcard A Chaplin Jones postcard featuring Jean Rene Lacoste at the Wimbledon Championships outside the All England Club. The postcard is signed by Lacoste in ink and is in unused condition. Jean Rene Lacoste (2 July 1904 - 12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" by fans because of his tenacity on the court; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929. Lacoste was one of The Four Musketeers with Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, and Henri Cochet, French tennis stars who dominated the game in the 1920s and early 1930s. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles in the French, American, and British championships but never made the long trip to Australia to play in their championships. He was the World No. 1 player for both 1926 and 1927.