James McClure (table tennis)

James 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
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  United States
World Championships
1949 Stockholm Team
1938 Wembley Doubles
1938 Wembley Team
1937 Baden Doubles
1937 Baden Team
1936 Prague Doubles

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]

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.{{cite web}}: 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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