Kenneth Stanley (19 February 1922 – 1 March 2013) was a male English international table tennis player.[1]

Ken Stanley
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1922-02-19)19 February 1922
Hulme, England
Died1 March 2013(2013-03-01) (aged 91)
Mirfield, England
Medal record
Representing  England
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1939 Men's Team

Table tennis career

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He won a bronze medal at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Ken Hyde, Hyman Lurie, Ernest Bubley and Arthur Wilmott.[2]

He played table tennis in India and won the All India Cup winning the Men's Singles, Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles and later coached in Scotland, New Zealand, Norway and England and had an academy in Burnley.[3]

Personal life

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He was a football agent and ran a sports agency in London and was also an instructor for the RAF during the war. He married Marion Brook in 1942 and had four children. His son David and daughter Janet played table tennis and won national youth titles. He died in 2013.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ a b "Former international and agent Ken Stanley passes away". Table Tennis England. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.