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Remembering Charles “Chuck” Hoey
Historian, Collector, Curator, and U.S. Table Tennis Hall of Fame Inductee (2008) The U.S. table tennis family mourns the passing of Charles “Chuck” Hoey, a man whose dedication to the history of our sport left an indelible mark on generations of players, coaches, fans, and scholars. A Collector and Historian of Global Standing Chuck was
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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
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States