Aubrey Simons (1921 – 14 March 2014) was a male former international

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player from

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. He won a

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at the

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in the Swaythling Cup (men's team) event with

Richard Bergmann Richard Bergmann (10 April 1919 – 5 April 1970) was an Austrian-British international table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total. He is conside ...

Adrian Haydon Arthur 'Adrian' Haydon (11 October 1911 – 12 September 1973) was a male international table tennis player from England. Table tennis career He started playing table tennis aged just 7 years-old. During the 1927-28 season he was world ranked ...

Johnny Leach John Alfred Leach MBE (20 November 1922 – 5 June 2014) was a British table tennis player, coach, and author. He began competing at a relatively old age, 17, before serving in World War II. During the war, he greatly elevated his game a ...

and Brian Kennedy for England. In addition he won another five medals at the

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including a mixed doubles

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with

Helen Elliot Helen Elliot (20 January 1927 – 12 January 2013) was an international table tennis player from Scotland. Table tennis career Helen started playing table tennis aged 16. In 1946 she won the first of 13 consecutive Scottish Open women's sin ...

at the

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. He also won two

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titles. He died in 2014.

References

English male table tennis players 1921 births 2014 deaths World Table Tennis Championships medalists 20th-century English sportsmen {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub

See also

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