Product Overview
Volume I, World Class American Table Tennis Players of the Classic Age is the first of a series, published by United States Table Tennis Hall of Fame, covers the players, officials and contributors of the period 1931-1966, the greatest period in the history of American Table Tennis. It contains 182 pages of profiles, 170 Photos and Articles. Many of the photos are from the private collection of renowned photographer Mal Anderson who retains the largest collection of U.S. table tennis photographs in the world taken over almost half a century, some of which were never-before published. Many photos are in full color. Most of the articles in Chapter 1 are from Ruth Aarons personal album. This book features detailed Profiles by Tim Boggan Author of the multi-volume Treatise on the History of U.S. Table Tennis -- the single most comprehensive work published to date on the sport. In addition to the Profiles are career highlights and complete records of two of our earliest and greatest Legends Ruth Aarons and Jimmy McClure. Ruth Aarons is the only American player to win world singles titles (1936/1937); Jimmy McClure is holder of 3 World doubles titles 1936, 1937 and 1938 and U.S. National Championships in 1934 and 1939. Proceeds from sales of all books in the Series will benefit the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame Museum. Foreword is by Mike Babuin, current Chairman of the Board for USA Table Tennis and President of the Cary Table Tennis Association and the Curator and Founder of the Cary Table Tennis Museum one of the largest private collections of table tennis artifacts, memorabilia, and publications in the USA. Focus of subsequent Volumes will be: Volume II: Schiff/Pagliaro/Green Volume III: Miles/Reisman Volume IV: Bukiet/Gusikoff/Klein/Thall Sisters Volume V: Hall of Fame Players Volume VI: Hall of Fame Officials/Hall of Fame Contributors/Honorable Mentions/Presidents/Men and Women Champions, Singles & Doubles
