Gordon Anderson is a

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player from

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. He was one of the leading

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players in North America in the 1970s. Anderson won the Canadian national squash title three consecutive times in 1973–1975. He was runner-up at the

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in 1979. In 2013, Anderson was inducted into the Ontario Squash Hall of Fame. Since retiring from top-level competition, Anderson has become a squash club owner in

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, and founded Anderson Courts and Sports Surfaces Inc., a firm which specializes in installing squash courts.

References

External links

Anderson Courts and Sports Surfaces Inc. website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Gordon Canadian male squash players Canadian people of Scottish descent Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)