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Rae Anderson (born 8 April 1953) is an Australian former professional squash player.
Anderson started playing tennis before turning to squash in 1974 in Ringwood, Melbourne. She was a world's top ten player and represented Australia in the 1981 World Team Squash Championships. [1]
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Rae is a unisex given name. It may be a short form of the female name Rachel, which means "ewe" in Hebrew. Rae can also be a variant of Ray. The name Rae may refer to:
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Rae Anderson may refer to:
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