Former Princeton Captain Arif Sarfraz Dies At Age 60      
By Rob Dinerman

Dateline May 26th --- DailySquashReport.com is sad to report that former Princeton captain Arif Sarfraz, 60, who had been waging a private seven-year battle with bone cancer, died this past Friday in London, where he had been living for the past 20 years.

    Sarfraz was a three-year varsity squash team letterman at the Phillips Exeter Academy, where as a  senior he won the 1972 New England Interschols, defeating Bill Strong of Middlesex in the final. He was also on the varsity soccer and lacrosse teams at Exeter. He then played No. 2 as a freshman at Princeton, eventually ascending to the No. 1 position of the 1974-75 team that won the Ivy League and National Championship, going undefeated in dual-meet play and reaching the semifinals of the Intercollegiates. The following year, Sarfraz captained the Tigers and played a major role in the postseason Six-Man title that they won in Williamstown. He won a number of close matches all four years in 5-4 Princeton victories at a time when there were several contenders in a hectic Ivy League.

    After attending the Wharton Business School at Penn in the late-1970's, Sarfraz moved to New York and competed in the A League and in amateur tournament play, winning the John Jacobs Invitational in 1982 and winning the New York amateur championship several times. He later endured several knee operations before having to retire from tournament competition and moving to London. He was one of the most popular and well-respected players in Princeton squash history and he will be sorely missed by his former teammates and a legion of friends across the globe.


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