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.Der deutsche Rugby-Verband sucht einen neuen Präsidenten Offenbach-Post, published: 6 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013Rödermarker Rawcliffe neuer Rugby-Präsident Offenbach-Post, published: 10 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
Rawcliffe was born on 19 December 1948 in Burnley, England, and came to Germany with the British Army in the 1970s.Union in FOCUS / A programme for the future www.german-rugby.de, published: August 2000, accessed: 17 July 2013Rugby-Familie vertraut Rawcliffe Frankfurter Neue Presse, published: 11 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013 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 will Rugby-Verband wieder führen Offenbach-Post, published: 29 June 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013Rawcliffe: „Rugby bekommt durch Olympia Zuneigung" Frankfurter Neue Presse, published: 3 July 2013, accessed: 17 July 2013
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.Die Beschlüsse des Deutschen Rugby-Tags 2004 scrum.de, published: 3 July 2004, accessed: 17 July 2013 He became president for a second time in 2013, succeeding Ralph Götz and stepped down in July 2015 and was replaced by Klaus Blank.DRT wählt neuen DRV-Vorsitzenden und beschließt neues Bundesligaspielsystem totalrubgy.de, published: 6 July 2015, accessed: 9 July 2015
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External links Deutscher Rugby-Verband – Official Site