James McClure (table tennis)

James 'Jimmy' McClure (September 28, 1916; Indianapolis, Indiana – February 12, 2005; Cape Coral, Florida) was an American international table tennis player.[1]

For the soccer player, see Jimmy McClure.
James McClure
Full nameJames 'Jimmy' McClure
Nationality United States
Born(1916-09-28)September 28, 1916
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
DiedFebruary 12, 2005(2005-02-12) (aged 88)
Cape Coral, Florida, United States

Table tennis career

From 1936 to 1949 he won six medals in doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2] [3] This included four gold medals; three in the doubles with Buddy Blattner and Sol Schiff respectively and one in the team event.[4] [5]

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See also

References
  1. "James McClure obituary". Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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