James McClure (table tennis)

James McClure
Personal information
Full nameJames 'Jimmy' McClure
Nationality United States
Born(1916-09-28)28 September 1916
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died12 February 2005(2005-02-12) (aged 88)
Cape Coral, Florida, United States
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1949 StockholmTeam
Gold medal – first place1938 WembleyDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1938 WembleyTeam
Gold medal – first place1937 BadenDoubles
Gold medal – first place1937 BadenTeam
Gold medal – first place1936 PragueDoubles

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

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. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  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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