Ross Thorne is a former Australian professional squash player. Thorne was born on 7 November 1957, and lived in

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. He married Rhonda Shapland, who was crowned women's world champion in 1981. Thorne achieved his highest world ranking of number four in August 1986, and represented Australia in the

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

World Team Squash Championships The World Squash Team Championships are an international squash competition organised by the World Squash Federation and played between teams representing different nations. Countries enter teams of three or four players to represent them in th ...

, finishing runners-up in 1981. Thorne was named the player-manager of the Australian team during the

1987 Men's World Team Squash Championships The 1987 Men's ICI Perspex World Team Squash Championships were held in London, England and took place from October 17 until October 31, 1987. A record twenty-seven countries entered. Seeds Results Qualifying Pool 1 Qualifying Pool 2 ...

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* Australian male squash players 1957 births Living people 20th-century Australian sportsmen 21st-century Australian sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-squash-bio-stub