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Chartchai Teekaveerakit
Courtesy of Tim Boggan In an April, 1988 article for Table Tennis Topics, Anne Scholl Boyer tells us that Chartchai Teekaveerakit (reportedly pronounced “Tee-ka-wee-la-git), “the youngest of eight children, weighed just three pounds at birth, and spent his first days of life in an incubator.” He’d soon be out of that of course…and later out of…
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Ilija Lupulesku
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Ilija “Lupi” Lupulesku was born Oct. 30, 1967 in Uzdin, Yugoslavia. He began playing table tennis at 9, and credits Coach Jon Bosika for convincing him to pursue a career in table tennis rather than soccer. As a 16-year-old, Lupi won the first of his back-to-back European Youth Doubles Championships with…
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Chuck Hoey
Courtesy of Tim Boggan At the 1991 Chiba, Japan World’s a Mr. Yu Tanaka had hoped to spur the establishment of an ITTF Museum in the Nagano Prefecture by arranging a large Hall-of-Fame-like exhibition in the Chiba Stadium. ITTF President Ichiro Ogimura had wanted this Museum, and though there was an international call for display…
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Bill Hodge
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Bill Hodge came to the Game late—in 1958, at age 22. While working at a supply company warehouse, he began spending his lunch hour playing t.t. That led him to join the Columbus, Ohio Club and to begin playing seriously in tournaments. At the 1968 Ohio Closed, for example, he and…
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Chartchai “Hank” Teekaveerakit
Dec, 18, 2008 Chartchai’s Acceptance Speech Thank you, Sean. It is with great honor for me to be inducted into this prestigious group….the USTT Hall of Fame. First and foremost, I would like to thank Hall of Fame committee members for their support. My journey into America would not be made possible without the help…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States