Ian Rawcliffe

Ian Rawcliffe
Born Burnley, England
Occupation Business consultant
Known for President of the German Rugby Federation (1996–2004 & 2013–)

Ian Rawcliffe is the President of the German Rugby Federation, having been elected to this position on 6 July 2013. He succeeded Ralph Götz in this role but had previously held this position from 1996 to 2004.[1][2]

Rawcliffe was born in Burnley, England, and came to Germany with the British Army in the 1970s.[3][4] Since 1975 he lives 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]

References

  1. ↑ Der deutsche Rugby-Verband sucht einen neuen Präsidenten (German) Offenbach-Post, published: 6 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
  2. ↑ Rödermarker Rawcliffe neuer Rugby-Präsident (German) Offenbach-Post, published: 10 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
  3. ↑ Union in FOCUS / A programme for the future www.german-rugby.de, published: August 2000, accessed: 17 July 2013
  4. ↑ Rugby-Familie vertraut Rawcliffe (German) Frankfurter Neue Presse, published: 11 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
  5. ↑ Rawcliffe will Rugby-Verband wieder führen (German) Offenbach-Post, published: 29 June 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
  6. ↑ Rawcliffe: „Rugby bekommt durch Olympia Zuneigung“ (German) Frankfurter Neue Presse, published: 3 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
  7. ↑ Die Beschlüsse des Deutschen Rugby-Tags 2004 (German) scrum.de, published: 3 July 2004, accessed: 17 July 2013

External links