Gordon Anderson (squash player)

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Gordon Anderson (born 20th century) is a former squash player from Canada.

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Career

He was one of the leading hardball squash players in North America in the 1970s. [1]

Anderson won the Canadian national squash title three consecutive times – in 1973, 1974, and 1975. He was runner-up at the North American Open in 1979. [2] In 2013, Anderson was inducted into the Ontario Squash Hall of Fame. [3]

After competing

Since retiring from top-level competition, Anderson has become a squash club owner in Toronto, and founded Anderson Courts and Sports Surfaces Inc., a firm which specializes in installing squash courts.

References

  1. Zug, James (2007). Squash: A History of the Game. Simon and Schuster. p. 278. ISBN   978-1-4165-8483-4.
  2. "Canadian National Squash Doubles Champions" (PDF). Squash Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  3. [ dead link ] "Seventeen-time U.S. Champion Gordon Anderson inducted into Ontario Squash Hall of Fame". U.S. Squash. April 5, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2019.