Bruce Brownlee
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| Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1955[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 6[2] (January 1981) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Brownlee (born 1955) is a former professional squash player fron New Zealand. He reached a career high ranking of 6 in the world during January 1981[2] and won a silver medal at the World Team Championships.
Biography
Brownlee was introduced to squash by his father Colin in Rotorua. During the 1976/77 season he won the British Amateur Squash Championships, defeating Jonny Leslie in the final.[3]
Brownlee won one New Zealand Open Championship and two national titles.[4] He became a leading player in the late 1970s and early 1980s reaching a world ranking of six in January 1981.[5] Whilst representing the Bay of Plenty he became the New Zealand number one and gained international honours.[6]
He represented New Zealand in the 1976, 1977 and 1981 World Team Squash Championships.[7] A hip injury forced his early retirement. He is married to Robyn Blackwood, a former leading women's player.
References
- ↑ "Squash". The Scotsman. 20 December 1976. p. 12. Retrieved 25 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 "Bruce Brownlee (New Zealand)". Squash Info. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ "Squash title for New Zealander". The Scotsman. 21 December 1976. p. 18. Retrieved 27 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "New Zealand Squash Hall of Game". NZ Squash Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "Bruce Brownlee profile". Squash Info.
- ↑ "NZ Annual Report" (PDF). Nzl SRA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2016.
- ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.