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Douglas Cartland
Courtesy of Tim Boggan The official USTTA publication, Table Tennis Topics, first mentions Doug Cartland when in Apr., 1935, as part of an exhibition at Chapel Hill given by visiting New York stars Abe Berenbaum, Rudy Rubin, Chet Wells, and George Bacon, Doug was said to have lost the University of North Carolina table tennis…
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Charles “Chuck” Burns
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Detroit’s Charles Bernstein, whom I’ll already start calling Chuck Burns, born May 25, 1917, died July 4, 2002, had a sports background before he became a serious table tennis player. As he later told a reporter, he’d “captained the Northeastern YMCA basketball team for two years,” and he’d also “played one…
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Bernard Bukiet
Courtesy of Tim Boggan (Note: Bernie’s Profile, his life, will follow this remembrance of the day of his death.) “A Day To Remember”by Bernie Bukiet“My name is Bernie Bukiet.”…“My name is Bernie Bukiet.”…“My name is Bernie Bukiet.”… It’s as if I have to keep reminding myself of that now–things are so different. To Tell the…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States