David Pearson (squash player)

David Pearson is an English former professional squash player and national coach, born on 10 June 1959 in Kendal. He played for the Premier League champions Manchester Northern and then Chapel Allerton, represented Cumbria and then Lancashire, and was British under-23 champion in 1979. He won his first England cap at the 1980 Home International Championships in Edinburgh and went on to win four gold medals with the England men's team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1977 to 1986. In 1987 he won a record eighth Lancashire title, and he later served as national coach of England for 15 years.