Raymond James FrenchMBE (born 1939) is a former rugby union and rugby leaguedual-code international player who achieved the rare honour of representing his country (England) at international level in both codes of the game. French won his four caps for the England national rugby union team in 1961 as a lock forward, playing in all four matches of the 1961 Five Nations Championship. After switching to rugby league as a second-row, French enjoyed a spell at his home town club, St Helens, but also enjoyed a successful spell at Widnes which he remembers fondly.
As well as continuing to coach rugby, French became a well known commentator on rugby league on both television and radio. He commentated for the BBC on every Challenge Cup final between 1982 and 2008. He is well known for his range of colloquialisms. French is regularly heard on the Rugby League show Try Time each Thursday on BBC Radio Merseyside giving his views on the state of the game in his forthright way.
Raymond Edward French (January 9, 1895 in Alameda, California – April 3, 1978), is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop from 1920 to 1924.
He was later a manager in Minor League Baseball from 1939 to 1941 and an umpire from 1946 to 1950.
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