-
Mildred Shahian
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Mildred Shahian, whose life was devoted to table tennis–both as a World and National Champion, and as the Manager for 40 years of Chicago’s well-known Net and Paddle Club–died of cardiac arrest, April Fools Day, 1992. Her close friend of 30 years, Jim Lazarus, agonized over her, comforted her, in her
-
Ricky Seemiller
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Ricky Seemiller, with brother Danny’s grip, started playing 30 years ago, and, like anyone else, began by paying his dues. After losing the U-13’s in both the 1971 Eastern’s (to N.Y.’s Timmy House) and the 1971 National’s (to N.J. ‘s Mike Stern), Ricky graduated–lost the U-15’s at the Toronto CNE (to
-
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,
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States