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John Read
Courtesy of Tim Boggan John Read rose from near anonymity as a N.Y. player and sometime casual t.t.-in-group poker player, almost a groupie at Lawrence’s, to become for many years the Association’s Ranking Chair, USTTA E.C. member, and Captain and Manager of many U.S. Teams both at home and abroad. Though John of course enjoyed…
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George Braithwaite
Courtesy of Tim Boggan “The Chief”—that’s a perfect appellative for Hall of Famer George Braithwaite’s four-decade sense of responsibility to self and to Table Tennis. It’s little known, though, that George first feathered his cap in another country and in a different kind of competition. Before coming to the U.S., he represented Guyana in the…