Rene Crabos was one of the Godfathers of French rugby ... here he is, in February 1922, shaking hands with King George V at Twickenham... before drawing 11-11 to England (a shock... first time that England didn't defeat the Frogs... and 3 tries to 1 for the Frenchies)
It's not my intention to give Crabos' full bio today (it's a loooong bio... I will do so someday... sure... in the meantime please go to Wikipedia...) but it happend that Mr Ceccaldi, a reader, kindly sent me yesterday two comic prints featuring René "The Genius" Crabos...
Let's just mention that Crabos had a great impact in defining and organizing the game of three-quarters in France, opening a golden era for French rugby (the 20s) when Equipe de France managed to be - at last... - both competitive and respected by its British and Celtic opponents... After WW2, Crabos became President of the Federation Française de Rugby.
Crabos international stats are here at scrum.com (17 caps between 1920 and 1924, incl. 12 as captain, ). 
And there is another one at my Flickr ...
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08/01/2007
In the bottom of both images (the one here and flickr) can be read in Spanish: "Rugby Francés en Argentina - B.Aires-Julio-1960"...traslation: "French Rugby in Argentina - Buenos Aires- July-1960".
Cheers
Hernán
Posted by: Hernán | 30/06/2013 at 03:05