René Crabos (7 February 1899 – 17 June 1964) was a French

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player and administrator who represented the national team 17 times between 1920 and 1924, and went on to be president of the

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between 1952 and 1962, as well as president of the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA) (Now known as

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) from 1954 to 1962. Crabos represented France at rugby in the

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, the team won the silver medal. The Under 18s French rugby union championship is named in his honour. He was born in

Saint-Sever Saint-Sever (, Gascon ''Sent Sever'' ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. History and geography Saint-Sever stands on an eminence. It is south of Mont-de-Marsan, on the left bank of th ...

and died in

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* * * * 1899 births 1964 deaths Rugby union players from Landes (department) French rugby union players Olympic rugby union players for France Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France France international rugby union players French military personnel of World War I Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Presidents of the French Rugby Federation Rugby union centres Racing 92 players {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1890s-stub