11/02/2006

Cyril Rutherford, RCF, again !

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La Vie Au Grand Air, French sports magazine dated 1904.

Actually, the cover page of the issue which contained my previous post... nice boot !

Caption reads "le dernier coup de pied de Rutherford" (Rutherford's last kick)

This gentleman must have been really famous so to deserve such a great press coverage !

And tomorrow, Stade Francais is playing against Leicester Tigers (H-Cup). Have you checked these two prints (J.Foreman and G.Jones) about former Tigers players from the XIXth century ? (both prints are in my office now, if you pay me a visit in Paris...)

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