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Sharlene Krizman Wilson
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Sharlene “Sherri” Krizman was one of a number of U.S. Champions that Coach John Varga’s YMCA Club in South Bend, Indiana produced in the 1940’s and ‘50’s. The Mar., 1952 Topics introduces her to us in a season where her brother Dave will be the U.S. Boys’ Under 15 Champion, and…
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Judy Bochenski Hoarfrost
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Judy Bochenski played in her first U.S. Open when she was 11. At the 1969 San Francisco U.S. Open, she won her first major–the Girls U-13–by defeating her perennial rival Angelita Rosal. A few months later, at the Toronto CNE, Judy’s later acclaimed flat forehand is still something of an awkward…
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Sydney Heitner
Courtesy of Tim Boggan The only extant photo of the 1933 New York Table Tennis Association National Champion Sidney Heitner is a sedate, pipe-smoking, suit,-tie,-and-vest one that bespeaks him as a serious fellow, old beyond his years. It appears in the beginning of Table Tennis Tactics, a 100-page, softcover book published in 1933 by the…
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Mal Anderson
Mal Anderson wasn’t exposed to any real table tennis until he started attending the University of Wisconsin in 1956. There he was greatly impressed by the University Champion–Steve Isaacson–who 10 years later would found our USATT Hall of Fame. After graduating, Mal lived in Milwaukee for 18 months and, as he said, “observed with astonishment”…
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Shonie Aki
From the 1960-61 season on, Shonie Aki was ranked among the top 40 players in the U.S. six times, once achieving–with his unorthodox but very effective wrist-snap stroke–the U.S. #14 spot. And though as early as 1959, Shonie enjoyed, at his own expense, playing in the Dortmund, Germany World Championships, he was never content to…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States