Yes, we've done this before, but this time I'll keep a proper list handy ... here's your starters:
Stefan Edberg (Tennis)
Roger Federer (Tennis)
Kevin Keegan (Football)
Ellery Hanley (Rugby League)
Tommy Steele (Comedian)
Leonard Rossiter (Comedian)
Don McLean (Comedian)
Ming Tsai (US celebrity chef)
Sachin Tendulkar (Indian Cricket)
Kapil Dev (Indian Cricket)
Ollie Le Roux, former South African rugby international - a 20 stone prop forward. I was told he was pretty good too! Wouldn't want him running into you asking for a let, though!
And to be sure...you can't leave out the very prominent Senator from Pennsylvania, (U.S) Senator Arlen Specter, who has been criticized for scheduling trips according to his pre-arranged squash matches...at-a-go Senator Specter.
Not so famous, but quite prominent in the U.S. and in the world-wide corporate world are: Robert Zerbst, CEO of CB Richard Ellis Investors; Skip Dunn, CEO of the AON Corporation; Robert A. Day, CEO/Chairman of Trust Company of the West and the Keck Foundation; William E. Simon Jr., Chairman of William E. Simon & Sons Investments and of the WES Foundation.
All the above are strong supporters of our great game. I'd really be inerested in hearing about others...??
Brad Faxon - American PGA tour player
Jacques Rogge - IOC President
Richard Pound - IOC member and WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) Chairman
Frasier and Niles Crane - fictional TV psychiatrists
James Hunt used to and approached county standard.
Prince Philip was playing squash when Charles was born.
Elvis used to play racketball and died after a game.
Aaron Kricksteen(Former World no 5 tennis)
Jeremy Bates
Danny Sapsford
King Juan Carlos used to.(Flew in English pro Richard Mosley to play at palace in Madrid)
Pat Cash
Max Clifford used to
Spike Milligan used to(In a very strange outfit with a large breasted woman !)
John Cleese used to.
John Barnes( Mentioned in his autobiography)
John Scales
Martin Bell
Michael Ball(Once asked him to hit the ball flat and he replied "Could you hit a B flat ?!)
Prince Albert dabbled I think.
Kelvin Mackensie (Former Sun Editor)
Robin Smith (Former England batsman)
The famous icehockey goalkeeper from Czech Republic,Dominik Hasek (aka Dominator),plays squash.He´s also owner of "Dominator" brand,which wore Jonathon Power.
wayne gretzky played in toronto and was a big supporter of the annual heart fund charity squash event....jeff bridges played squash in the movie "door in the floor"......eddie grant, singer plays......one of the band members of the bare naked ladies plays in winnipeg.....dominic hasek, red wings goalie is a 4.5 player...dick stockton, tennis great plays regularily....wish there were more who play, this is one way to raise the profile of the sport!!
Ivan Lendl - tennis
John Cale - rockstar in his own right now and used to play with "the Velvet Underground"
Matthew Broderick - actor
Sophie B. Hawkins - singer "damn i wish I was your lover"
I don't knowm about many others, but I do know that Andrew Castle is more than handy. Framboise has seen him play. Not surprising of course given his tennis background. JPR Williams did of course WIN Jnr Wimbledon and was at least County standard at Squash in the late 60's early 70's.
Yes he's good - he's even talked about entering a racketlon event (badminton, squash, tennis & table tennis). Aparently he's no slouch at the latter two either!
I've played Racketlon all over europe and Edberg has played in a couple of events in Sweden. You are right he is a decent squash player, I'd say better than club standard but not quite county standard ( mind you I suppose it depends on which club and which county !) but anyway he is decent. Obviously his tennis goes without saying but thankfully for racketlon players ( known as rackathletes!) he is not much kop at table tennis or badminton.
How funny that someone mentioned William E. Simon. I remember playing him a match when he was in the middle of his gubernatorial campaign against Gray Davis and embroiled in a corruption scandal. He was an intense competitor but a complete gentleman on court. Almost convinced this lifelong Democrat to vote Republican!
Anyone notice how Roger Federer stretches for his shots better than any other player on tour? I really wonder if that's a product of his squash experience as a kid. I also wonder if he would be as good a tennis player as he is if he hadn't played squash. I know squash has improved my tennis game immensely fitness wise.
The entire Leeds Rhinos Rugby League Squad has been at Ponte a few times trainin wi t'old malcolm willstrop.
Also Garry Sidal (ex Fetherstone Rovers Player and Challenge cup winner, Wembley 1983 and father of Lauren) was famous in his hometown haha..... he plays
the fact that he is the best tennis player in the world and trains for only that could hav somethin to do with the best stretch but its most probably the squash as a kid
DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - ''I wish I could hit the squash ball as well as I can swing the brush,'' Frank Stella said.
Stella's prowess with the paint brush is beyond debate. For the last quarter-century he has ranked as one of America's major artists. Frank is an avid squash player and has sponsored major squash events and programs in the United States. He attended Phillips Academy as a boy and later Princeton University. His very large abstract creations sell for millions of dollars.
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