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

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two codes of ru ...

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 The French Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Française de Rugby (''FFR'')) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the French national team and the Ligue nationale de rugby that administers the country's profe ...

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

Rugby Europe Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe. It was formed in 1999 to promote, develop, organise, and administer the game of rugby in Europe under the authority of World Rugby (the sport's global governing body). However, it ...

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

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

, 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 the ...

and died in

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* * * * 1899 births 1964 deaths Sportspeople from Landes (department) French rugby union players Olympic rugby union players of 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 {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub