René Crabos Explained

René Crabos
Birth Name:René Crabos
Birth Place:Saint-Sever, Landes
Death Place:Saint-Sever, Landes
Height:5ft 6in
Weight:150lb
Years1:????
Clubs1:US Saint-Sever
Years2:????
Clubs2:US Dax
Years3:????
Clubs3:Stadoceste Tarbais
Years4:????
Clubs4:Racing club de France
Repyears1:1920  - 1924
Repcaps1:17
Reppoints1:19

René Crabos (7 February 1899  - 17 June 1964) was a French rugby union player and administrator who represented the national team 17 times between 1920 and 1924, and went on to be president of the Fédération Française de Rugby between 1952 and 1962, as well as president of the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA) (Now known as Rugby Europe) from 1954 to 1962.[1] Crabos represented France at rugby in the 1920 Summer Olympics, the team won the silver medal.[2]

The Under 18s French rugby union championship is named in his honour.

He was born in Saint-Sever and died in Saint-Sever.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6 July 2017 . Rugby Europe Chairmen and General Secretaries . Sport-record.de . 16 February 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190104231127/https://sport-record.de/rugby_union/rugby-fira.html . 4 January 2019 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: René Crabos . Olympedia . 29 August 2021.