Eric Charles Findon (2 March 1913 – 25 August 1941) was a male
English
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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 in the
Swaythling Cup. The other team members were
Don Foulis
Donald Muller Foulis (13 December 1908 – 14 March 1989) was a male English international table tennis player.
Table tennis career
He was selected to represent England during the 1934 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup. The ...
,
Herbert 'Willie' Hales,
Ken Hyde
James Kenneth Hyde (1915-2010) 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 Swaythling Cup (me ...
and
Andrew Millar
Andrew Millar (17058 June 1768) was a British publisher in the eighteenth century.
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
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'' (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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Wavre is in the Dyle valley. Most inhabitants speak French as their mother tongue and are called "Wavriens" and " ...
,
Walloon Brabant
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, serving with the 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
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References
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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