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Peggy Ichkoff
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Peggy Widmier (not yet Ichkoff) is first mentioned in Topics when, unranked the previous season, she improved quickly to play a strong match at the Jan. 19-20, 1946 Illinois Open—falling –13, -20, -20 in the 8th’s to U.S. #12 Carrol Blank. Although Peggy apparently hadn’t played in the most important tournaments…
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Houshang Bozorgzadeh
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Let it be said at the outset that Houshang Bozorgzadeh (born Nov. 28, 1935 in southern Teheran)—the celebrated 3-time Iranian National Champion and Captain/Coach/Manager of eight U.S. World Teams–is very proud of his name, and so does not want, however affectionately, to be called “Bozo” for short. He prefers simply “Houshang”—which…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
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