| Ian Rawcliffe | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1948-12-19) 19 December 1948 (age 76) 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.
Rawcliffe was born on 19 December 1948 in Burnley, England, and came to Germany with the British Army in the 1970s. Since 1975 he has lived in Rödermark, near Frankfurt and is a member of BSC Offenbach, a club he also coached in the 1980s.
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. He became President for a second time in 2013, succeeding Ralph Götz and stepped down in July 2015 and was replaced by Klaus Blank.
References
- 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 www.german-rugby.de, published: August 2000, accessed: 17 July 2013
- Rugby-Familie vertraut Rawcliffe (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" (in German) Frankfurter Neue Presse, published: 3 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
- Die Beschlüsse des Deutschen Rugby-Tags 2004 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
- (in German) Deutscher Rugby-Verband - Official Site