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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
Pretty sure that the modern polo shirt is a Lacoste invention, the little alligator was around long before RL created his Polo line....
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It was Rene' Lacoste. He was a tennis star...Wimbledon, etc.
He called the shirt a 'Tennis Shirt' initially. Designed it to wear while playing.
A friend's father knew him.
He also made the first metal tennis racket in the late 50's or so. All rackets were wood at the time.