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J. Rufford Harrison
Courtesy of Tim Boggan J. Rufford Harrison (the “J” stands for “John”) was born in England in the merry month of May, 1930, and named “Rufford,” so the story goes, after a ruined abbey where boyfriends liked to take their girlfriends. When, however, Rufford himself came of age, he was less interested in “verderous glooms…
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Bobby Gusikoff
Courtesy of Tim Boggan “Bobby, let’s go and watch your cousin Leon play ping-pong tonight.” From that casual suggestion, made by a father to his son on an evening in the late 1940’s, comes Bobby Gusikoff’s half-century recollection that, “As we climbed the stairs to those fabled Herwald Lawrence Broadway Courts, there was no way…
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Mae Clouther
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Reportedly, Mae Clouther “declined an offer from the Ziegfeld Follies to marry a Boston accountant.” One can believe it. And believe, too, that after said husband had “laughed at her” for thinking she might be able to play ping-pong, she began taking the game seriously enough to venture forth from her…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States