Country: | Australia |
Birth Date: | 3 December 1948 |
Birth Place: | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia |
Highest Ranking: | 13 |
Date Of Highest Ranking: | April 1980 |
Kevin Shawcross (1948–1987) was an Australian professional squash player.
Born in Lithgow, New South Wales, Shawcross was a world's top 15 player and represented Australia in the 1976 World Team Squash Championships, where he won a bronze medal.[1] [2] Shawcross became the World Amateur Champion in 1976 after defeating Dave Scott from South Africa. One year previous he won both the Australian and British Amateur Championships. He was unusual because he played weighing in at 101 kilograms (16 stone) and was 6 feet 2 inches tall.[3]
He died at the early age of 38 following a heart attack.[4]