Alec Brook

Alec Brook (* around 1911; † November 6, 1986 ) was an English table tennis player who took part in six world championships from 1933 to 1954 .

Career

Alec Brook first took part in a world championship in 1933 . He won bronze with the English team. In his other World Cup activities in 1935 , 1938 , 1947 , 1948 and 1954 , he did not come close to medals.

After the end of his active career, he ran a business with table tennis accessories. In addition, he played numerous exhibition matches in Europe and Africa, around 1947 with Richard Bergmann , 1959 with Victor Barna , and in the 1950s with Charles Seaman . In 1965 he coached the Nigerian national team in preparation for the upcoming World Cup .

Private

Alec Brook was married and had two daughters.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CLOSELY	World Championship	1954	Wembley	CLOSELY	Agony	Scratched	no participants
CLOSELY	World Championship	1948	Wembley	CLOSELY	Agony	Agony	last 64
CLOSELY	World Championship	1947	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 64	last 64
CLOSELY	World Championship	1938	Wembley	CLOSELY	last 128	last 64	last 16
CLOSELY	World Championship	1935	Wembley	CLOSELY	last 64	last 64	last 16
CLOSELY	World Championship	1933	to bathe	AUT	last 64	last 32	no participants	3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} According to Table Tennis News, No. 163, January 1987, page 33, he died aged 75 online (accessed December 28, 2014)
2. ↑ Table Tennis News, No. 212, February 1993, page 26 (accessed December 8, 2014)
3. ^ Table Tennis, March 1959, pages 10-11 (accessed December 8, 2014)
4. ↑ Table Tennis Collector 43, Winter 2007, page 4 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed December 8, 2014)
5. ↑ Table Tennis, May 1965, page 17 (accessed December 8, 2014)
6. ↑ Alec Brook Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed December 8, 2014)

literature

• Obituary - Alec Brook , Table Tennis News, No. 163, January 1987, p. 33 Online (accessed December 28, 2014)