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5 unusual facts about Mark Talbott


Mark Talbott

In response to the challenge from Jahangir, Talbott acquired a personal coach, Ken Binns, who helped him develop a much sharper array of shots.

The Talbott Squash Academy, a well-respected summer camp for juniors and adults, was established in 1991, and is currently held at St George's School in Newport, Rhode Island and at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

The most significant factor that counts against Talbott's claim to being the greatest hardball squash player of all-time is his record against Sharif's distant cousin Jahangir Khan.

He captained the first US team to compete in the Pan American Games in 1995, earned the Sharif Khan Award for Sportsmanship in 1991, and won the United States Squash Racquets Association (USSRA) President's Cup in 1989.

Ming Tsai

His squash coach at Yale, David Talbott, is now his brother-in-law, as is Mark Talbott, a former World No. 1 hardball squash player.



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