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Tybie Thall Sommer
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Leah Thall’s younger, tennis-playing sister, 17-year-old Thelma “Tybie” Thall, made her first recorded t.t. tournament appearance at Cincinnati’s Feb. 8, 1942 Jewish Center Midwest Closed. She was a straight-A student and “the first girl in the history of [Columbus, Ohio’s] East High to win a varsity letter in the sport [of…
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Danny Seemiller
Courtesy of Tim Boggan March 2, 1968–let’s start there; 13-year-old Danny, having come up out of the basement where he learned to play with his older brother Bill, lost in the PA Team Championships to both Erich Haring and Mal Anderson, later more respected officials than players. But by the 1969 USOTC’s, 15-year-old unranked Danny,…
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Sol Schiff
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Solomon “Sol” Schiff, born June 28, 1917, says he “learned the game [in 1925] on a lunch table at P.S. 151 on East 91st St.” By 1928 at P.S. 30 in Yorkville, he was playing with a wooden bat on another improvised lunch table. Later he joined the 92nd St. YMHA…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States
Category: Mark Matthews Lifetime Achievement Award
Mark Matthews Lifetime Achievement Award.