Andrew Dwyer
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| Born | 4 November 1956 Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Phillip Dwyer (born 4 November 1956) is a former English professional squash player.
Biography
[edit]Dwyer was born in Leeds on 4 November 1956 but lived in Hove, Sussex. He started playing at Withdean and was capped by England in 1977.
His greatest achievement was being part of the winning Great Britain team with Jonathan Leslie, Peter Verow and Phil Kenyon, during the 1979 World Team Squash Championships, in Brisbane, Australia, the last world amateur championship before the game went open.[1][2]
Dwyer won three gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1979 to 1982.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
- ↑ "Phil's finale". Daily Express. 29 October 1979. Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Andy Dwyer at Squash Info
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