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by JuliusHMarx Sun 09 Jun 2013, 11:36 am
Without googling (which I did), who was Roland Garros and why did they name a stadium after him?
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by User 774433 Sun 09 Jun 2013, 11:50 am
Was he a French chap who played tennis, and then did some charity of work or something?
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by User 774433 Sun 09 Jun 2013, 11:51 am
Maybe he was the guy during the French Revolution who chopped off the heads of all the kings and stuff.
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by JuliusHMarx Sun 09 Jun 2013, 11:51 am
No and no - he was French though, I'll give you that.
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by User 774433 Sun 09 Jun 2013, 11:52 am
Maybe the tournament director in 1900 lost a bet with this guy, and thus had to name the tournament after him.
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by JuliusHMarx Sun 09 Jun 2013, 11:53 am
Maybe I'm being a bit hasty, but I'm guessing you don't know.
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by The Special Juan Sun 09 Jun 2013, 12:09 pm
Was he a knight? There was a French knight called Roland.
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by JuliusHMarx Sun 09 Jun 2013, 12:10 pm
No - he was alive when the stadium was named after him
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by HM Murdock Sun 09 Jun 2013, 12:28 pm
For some reason I'm thinking he was an aviator?
No idea why the stadium is named after him though.
No idea why the stadium is named after him though.
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by JuliusHMarx Sun 09 Jun 2013, 12:37 pm
HM Murdoch wrote:For some reason I'm thinking he was an aviator?
No idea why the stadium is named after him though.
Yes - WWI French fighter pilot. From wiki "In the 1920s, a tennis centre which he attended religiously when he was studying in Paris, was named after him"
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by summerblues Sun 09 Jun 2013, 12:38 pm
A like that knight thing. The tournament named after knight Roland - sounds better than an aviator (or whatever it is that Mr. Garros did).
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