Alistair Kim Bruce-Lockhart (16 June 1946 – 15 January 1980) was a Scottish professional squash player from the

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. Bruce-Lockhart was born in

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, England, the son of educationist

Rab Bruce Lockhart Rab Brougham Bruce Lockhart (1 December 1916 – 1 May 1990) was a Scottish soldier and schoolmaster, notable for his sporting career as a Scotland international at rugby union John Bruce Lockhart John Harold "J.H." Bruce Lockhart (4 March 1889 – 4 June 1956) was a Scotland international cricket player; and a Scotland international rugby union player. He became a schoolmaster. He was part of the noted Bruce Lockhart family. Cricket c ...

was a dual rugby-cricket international for Scotland and headmaster of

Sedbergh School Sedbergh School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in the town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, in North West England. It comprises a junior school for children aged 4 to 13 and the main school for 13 to 18 year olds. It w ...

. His uncle Logie was also a Scottish rugby international while his great-uncle Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart was a diplomat, spy and rugby footballer. From age 4 to 8, he lived in

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, Canada, before moving to Wanganui, New Zealand, and eventually returning to the United Kingdom. He was educated at

and

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, where he read Medieval and Modern Languages. After receiving coaching from Dick Hawkey he began playing squash for Cambridge and the Hampstead Club. In 1968, he was capped by Scotland and played 59 times for his country. He participated in the

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from 1970 until 1979. A blog by John Winn on Cricket Heritage described him as follows: "An outstanding squash player who, after Sedbergh School, went up to Cambridge where he gained a Blue for squash, played a decent standard of cricket, 'a shrewd captain, an erratic spin bowler, and a superb batsman with an impeccable defence and an enthralling array of wristy attacking strokes' - qualities that earned him selection for Surrey II and should, some thought, have gained him a Blue. He captained the first XV at Sedbergh, a team that included Alastair Biggar and John Spencer, and of course the cricket team for which Wisden shows he was outstanding with both bat and ball. He was No 1 for Scotland at squash for almost ten years until aged 33 he dropped dead from a heart attack while playing a Cumberland Cup game in January 1980, leaving a wife and young family." Bruce-Lockhart was buried in Harrow on the Hill, London.

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* Scottish male squash players 1980 deaths 1946 births Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge

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