Ian Rawcliffe
Ian Rawcliffe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 December 1948 Burnley, England |
| Occupation | Business consultant |
| Known for | President of the German Rugby Federation (1996–2004 & 2013–2015) |
Ian Rawcliffe is a former president of the German Rugby Federation. He held this position from 1996 to 2004 and, again, from 2013 to 2015.[1][2]
Rawcliffe was born on 19 December 1948 in Burnley, England, and came to Germany with the British Army in the 1970s.[3][4] Since 1975 he has lived in Rödermark, near Frankfurt and is a member of BSC Offenbach, a club he also coached in the 1980s.[5][6]
Rawcliffe first held the position of president of the German Rugby Federation from 1996 to 2004, when he stepped down for personal reasons and was succeeded by Bernd Leifheit.[7] He became president for a second time in 2013, succeeding Ralph Götz and stepped down in July 2015 and was replaced by Klaus Blank.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Der deutsche Rugby-Verband sucht einen neuen Präsidenten (in German) Offenbach-Post, published: 6 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
- ↑ Rödermarker Rawcliffe neuer Rugby-Präsident (in German) Offenbach-Post, published: 10 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
- ↑ Union in FOCUS / A programme for the future Archived 19 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine www.german-rugby.de, published: August 2000, accessed: 17 July 2013
- ↑ Rugby-Familie vertraut Rawcliffe[permanent dead link] (in German) Frankfurter Neue Presse, published: 11 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
- ↑ Rawcliffe will Rugby-Verband wieder führen (in German) Offenbach-Post, published: 29 June 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
- ↑ Rawcliffe: „Rugby bekommt durch Olympia Zuneigung"[permanent dead link] (in German) Frankfurter Neue Presse, published: 3 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
- ↑ Die Beschlüsse des Deutschen Rugby-Tags 2004 Deprecated link archived 17 July 2013 at archive.today (in German) scrum.de, published: 3 July 2004, accessed: 17 July 2013
- ↑ DRT wählt neuen DRV-Vorsitzenden und beschließt neues Bundesligaspielsystem (in German) totalrubgy.de, published: 6 July 2015, accessed: 9 July 2015
External links
[edit]- (in German) Deutscher Rugby-Verband – Official Site