![French Tennis Star of the 1920s, Jean Rene Lacoste, visits Bendix, September 1964 | Ann Arbor District Library French Tennis Star of the 1920s, Jean Rene Lacoste, visits Bendix, September 1964 | Ann Arbor District Library](https://aadl.org/sites/default/files/photos/N012_1258_001.jpg)
French Tennis Star of the 1920s, Jean Rene Lacoste, visits Bendix, September 1964 | Ann Arbor District Library
Majic 102.1 - Jean René Lacoste (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʁəne laˈkɔst]; 2 July 1904 – 12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" by the
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