Squash Magazine: Will's World Top 100

The Best of the Last 100 Years By Will Carlin

At the 100th Anniversary Dinner in New York, I started to think about some of lists that I thought might best provoke some squash barstool arguments. There are some great stories here, but not the space to tell them. Please feel free to write letters telling some of them, and go ahead and tell me why I was wrong—as long as you buy the drinks. Best Male Player 1. Mark Talbott 2. Sharif Khan 3. Vic Niederhoffer 4. Henri Salaun 5. Stan Pearson 6. Kenton Jernigan Best Female Player 1. Alicia McConnell (tie) 1. Demer Holleran (tie) 3. Gretchen Spruance 4. Latasha Khan 5. Barbara Maltby 6. Betty Constable Best College Player (Male) 1. Mike Desaulniers (Harvard) 2. Anil Nayar (Harvard) 3. Stephen Vehslage (Princeton) 4. Kenton Jernigan (Harvard) 5. Adrian Ezra (Harvard) Best College Player (Female) 1. Gail Ramsay (Penn State) 2. Demer Holleran (Princeton) 3. Alicia McConnell (Pennsylvania) 4. Julia Beaver (Princeton) Best College Coach (Men) 1. Jack Barnaby (Harvard) 2. Harry Cowles (Harvard) 3. Paul Assaiante (Trinity) 4. John Skillman (Yale) Best College Coach (Women) 1. Betty Constable (Princeton) 2. Bill Doyle (Harvard) 3. Aggie Kurtz (Dartmouth) 4. Steve Piltch (Harvard) Best On-Court Sportsmanship 1. Mark Talbott 2. Demer Holleran 3. Charlie Ufford 4. Carol Weymuller Best Teacher 1. Jack Barnaby 2. Yusuf Khan 3. Fred & Carol Weymuller 4. Al Molloy 5. Harry Cowles 6. Norm Bramall 7. Don Mills Best Referee 1. Larry Sconzo 2. W. Stewart Brauns Best Father-Son Combo 1. Hashim & Sharif Khan 2. Diehl & Gil Mateer 3. David C. Johnson, Jr. & David C. Johnson III 4. Lenny & Jon Bernheimer Best Mother-Daughter Combo 1. Margaret Howe & Betty Howe Constable 2. Margaret Howe & Peggy Howe White Best Brother Combo 1. Ralph & Sam Howe 2. Dave & Mark Talbott 3. Brad & Mike Desaulniers 4. Drew & Gil Mateer 5. Steve & Ramsey Vehslage 6. Palmer & Tom Page 7. Larry & Beek Pool 8. Eddie & Joe Hahn Best Sister Combo 1. Latasha & Shabana Khan 2. Demer & Jenny Holleran 3. Nina & Sophie Porter Best Brother-Sister Combo 1. Bill & Gail Ramsay 2. Azam & Latasha Khan 3. David & Ingrid Boyum 4. Rob & Hope MacKay 5. Sunil &Vanya Desai 6. Tom & Kerry Clayton Best Squash Writers 1. Frank Satterthwaite 2. James Zug 3. Hazel White Jones 4. Derrick Niederman 5. George Bell 6. Allison Danzig 7. Bobby Lehman 8. Rob Dinerman Most Clever Arguer 1. Clive Caldwell 2. Mo Khan 3. David Boyum 4. Gary Waite Most (ahem!) “Competitive” 1. Steve Bowditch 2. Diehl Mateer 3. Mel Sokolow 4. Mo Khan 5. Joyce Davenport 6. Gil Mateer 7. Henri Salaun 8. Vic Niederhoffer Best Rivalry 1. Mark Talbott-Jahangir Khan 2. Sharif Khan-Vic Niederhoffer 3. Henri Salaun-Diehl Mateer 4. Mark Talbott -Ned Edwards 5. Gretchen Spruance-Barbara Maltby 6. Lenny Bernheimer-Tom Poor Best Men's Doubles Player 1. Diehl Mateer 2. Gary Waite 3. Hunter Lott 4. Peter Briggs 5. Maurice Heckscher 5. Ralph Howe 6. Jamie Bentley Best Women's Doubles Player 1. Demer Holleran 2. Bunny Vosters 3. Alicia McConnell 4. Joyce Davenport 5. Jeanne Classen 6. Gail Ramsay Most Underappreciated as a Player 1. Harry Cowles 2. John Nimick 3. Nancy Gengler 4. Ellie Pierce 5. Ned Edwards 6. Marty Clark Best Statistician 1. Rob Dinerman 2. Bob Lehman Biggest Crowd Draws 1. Sharif Khan 2. Jahangir Khan Best Athlete 1. Alicia McConnell 2. Tom Page 3. G.H. Bostwick, Jr. 4. Eleo Sears Best Off-Court Artistry 1. Frank Stella 2. Germain Glidden 3. Ham Biggar 4. Richard Ashley Squash Blog

The Best of the Last 100 Years