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Wendy Hicks Stockwell
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Wendy, darling–we wanted you to accept your Hall of Fame Award in person. But it’s as if you disappeared with Hook and the Crocodile into Never-Never Land! Still, we remember that Gene Lee never coached a prettier or more popular Santa Barbaran. You were smart, too, had a head for the
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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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Pauline Robinson Somael
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Coincidentally, while the U.S. Team went to England for the 1948 World’s, Pauline Robinson made her first tournament appearance in Topics—at the Feb. Pennsylvania Open. She’d emigrated to the U.S. from England, for her family had “lived in Wembley until the early ‘40’s. Grandfather was Manager and Secretary of Wrexham Football
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States