Jonah Barrington

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Jonah Barrington (born 29 April 1941) is a retired squash player who is widely considered to be one of the greatest squash players of all time.^{[citation needed]}

An English-born Irishman, Barrington won the British Open title six times between 1967 and 1973. (The British Open was considered to be the effective world championship of the sport at the time.)

His son Joey Barrington is currently a squash player on the international professional circuit.

[edit] British Open titles (6)

Year	Opponent in final	Score in final
1967	Aftab Jawaid	9-2, 5-9, 9-2, 9-2
1968	A.A. AbouTaleb	9-6, 9-0, 9-5
1970	Geoff Hunt	9-7, 3-9, 9-4, 9-4
1971	Aftab Jawaid	9-1, 9-2, 9-6
1972	Geoff Hunt	0-9, 9-7, 10-8, 6-9, 9-7
1973	Gogi Alauddin	9-4, 9-3, 9-2

[edit] External links

• Page at squashpics.com