Part I of a series, Dick Miles
How the story of “A Table For Two” is part of the history of published books about the sport of table tennis dating back to 1902. Dick Miles June12, 1925 - October 12, 2010 Dick Miles began playing table tennis on his mother’s dining table at the age of 12. He won his...
Louis ‘Lou’ Pagliaro was born on May 5, 1919
Pagliaro was an American table tennis player who won the United States national championship on four occasions, including three consecutive years in the 1940s. His small stature — he was just over five-feet tall and weighed under 120 pounds in his prime — had an...
Solomon Joseph Schiff was born on June 28, 1917.
Sol Schiff was an American table tennis player from New York. From 1937 to 1947 he won four gold medals in doubles and team events at the World Table Tennis Championships. The four World Championship medals included two gold medals, one in doubles with Jimmy McClure...
James ”Jimmy” McClure was born September 28, 1916
From 1936 to 1949 Jimmy won six gold medals in doubles and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. This included four gold medals; three in the doubles with Buddy Blattner in 1936 and 1937, one with Sol Schiff in 1938 and one in the team event at the 1937...
Ruth Hughes Aarons was born June 11, 1918.
In the spring of 1933 there suddenly appeared on the table tennis scene a woman destined for greatness. Her name was Ruth Hughes Aarons, and she would be the only U.S. player, male or female, ever to win a World Singles Championship. In fact she won it again in 1937...
Part 6 of 6-part series Passing of a Legend
On January 13th 2013, a burial service for Marty was scheduled at the Mt. Richmond Cemetery in Staten Island. As much as I wanted to pay my respects to Marty, it would be an expensive, long, 700+ mile, fourteen-hour round trip. But following my theory of “just show...
Part 5 of 6-part series Passing of a Legend
October 22nd – Cooper Fallek called on my way to table tennis in Kempsville. He said that Marty was having trouble breathing so he was moved to another room in the CCU which had an oxygen unit more suited to help his breathing. Marty was upset about it because it...
Passing of a Legend, Part 1
Passing of a Legend by Dean Johnson On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, when I was sitting on our deck enjoying the weather with Helga, Marty called with the shocking news that sometime after midnight this morning he “felt sick and in pain.” He immediately called a cab to...
Another great table tennis event
Another great table tennis event was held for the residents of Lighthouse Pointe in Chesapeake, Virginia. They had a wonderful time and truly enjoyed playing table tennis on their brand new Kettler table donated by the Senior Support Services Division of Garrett...
Excerpts from “A Table For Two” to be launched in August — Wally & Kaz
(left) Kazuyuki (Kaz) Yokoyama and Wally Green playing to a packed auditorium at an Elementary school in Virginia Beach in 2014. Kaz is driving the ball to Wally, who is in the audience retrieving. (right) With Kaz and Wally at Norfolk Airport, prior to departure to...
