René (le crocodile) Lacoste

Work : None | Prize 1925 (Singles tennis title at Wimbledon) | Work : None | Prize 1927 (Winner of the Davis Cup) | Work : None | Prize 1928 (Men's Singles champion) | Work : None | Gain social status 1964 (Invented the open-throated tennis racquet) | : None | Death by Disease 12 October 1996 (Heart failure and prostate cancer, age 92) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Cancer (Prostate) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Heart (Heart failure, terminal) | Family : Parenting | Kids more than 3 (Three sons and one daughter) | Family : Parenting | Kids - Noted (One in business, one in sports) | Personal : Death | Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 92) | Personal : Misc. | Changed name (Known as "Le Crocodile") | Vocation : Beauty | Designer/ Fashion (Produced sports clothes) | Vocation : Business | Top executive (LaCoste logo apparel) | Vocation : Sports | Tennis (Champion and pro) | Vocation : Writers | How To .... (LaCoste on Tennis) | Notable : Famous | Founder/ originator (Inventor of Ball-lob machine, tennis racket type) | Notable : Famous | Top 5% of Profession