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Mae Clouther
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Reportedly, Mae Clouther “declined an offer from the Ziegfeld Follies to marry a Boston accountant.” One can believe it. And believe, too, that after said husband had “laughed at her” for thinking she might be able to play ping-pong, she began taking the game seriously enough to venture forth from her…
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Bernice Charney Chotras
Courtesy of Tim Boggan A newcomer to the USTTA tournament world makes her first appearance at the April, 1941 U.S. Open, played at New York City’s Manhattan Center—she’s Bernice Charney, who, on paying her dues, will be the 1946 U.S. Open Champion, and who, a remarkable 17 years later, as Mrs. Bernice Chotras, will again…
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Yinghua Cheng
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Cheng Yinghua (or just Chen, as his familiars–that is, everybody–at his Gaithersberg Club comfortably call him), is of course, at age 42, our three-time National Champion. Many of us first came to know him–well, know of him–when in 1985, as one of the Top 40 players in the world, he won…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States