John Richardson (squash player)

Richardson was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and won the 1967 British U16 junior open.^[3]

He played for Middlesex at county level and won the 1969 Drysdale Cup (the national junior title and described as the Junior Wimbledon Championships of squash).^[4]

In 1970 he was selected by the SRA for Dutch Championships.^[5] He played for Ealing SC^[6] and became the youngest recorded winner of the Surrey Open in February 1971.^[7]

Richardson made his debut for Great Britain after being selected for the fixture against Pakistan on 28 January 1975 at Wembley.^[8][9]

He was defeated by Jonathan Leslie in the final of the 1976 British National Squash Championships^[10] and was subsequently selected for England^[11] and won the gold medal for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 1975 in Dublin.^[12][13]

He went on to manage a South Kensington squash centre and represented Great Britain men's national squash team at the 1977 Men's World Team Squash Championships.