Eric Charles Findon (2 March 1913 – 25 August 1941) was a male
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international
table tennis
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player and actor.
Table tennis career
He was selected to represent England during the
1934 World Table Tennis Championships
The 8th World Table Tennis Championships were held in Paris from December 2 to 10, 1933. The Championships were held in December 1933 but are officially listed as the 1934 Championships.
Medalists Team
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in the
Swaythling Cup
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. The other team members were
Don Foulis,
Herbert 'Willie' Hales,
Ken Hyde
James Kenneth Hyde (June 1915 – June 2010) was a male English international table tennis player.
Table tennis career
He won two bronze medals at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Hyman Lurie and in the Swayth ...
and
Andrew Millar
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Biography
In 1725, as a twenty-year-old bookseller apprentice, he evaded Edinburgh city printing restrictions by going to Leith to print, which was considered be ...
and they finished in seventh place.
The Spalding 'Eric Findon Autograph' table tennis bat was named after him. He was the owner and editor of 'The Table Tennis World' magazine in 1931.
Acting career
He appeared as a teenager in two feature films called ''
The Rising Generation'' (1928) and ''
Cupid in Clover'' (1929).
Death
He was killed in action during
World War II
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in
Wavre
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,
Walloon Brabant
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, serving with the 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
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English male table tennis players
1913 births
1941 deaths
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
Royal Air Force airmen
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