Robert Blattner

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Robert Garnett Blattner - also known as Buddy Blattner - (born February 8, 1920 in St. Louis , Missouri , † September 4, 2009 in Chesterfield , Missouri) was an American table tennis and baseball player . He became world champion in table tennis three times. He later worked as a sports reporter.

Career

At the age of 16 he won the doubles world championship for the first time with his compatriot James McClure at the 1936 World Cup in Prague . They defended this title in 1937 , where they also became world champions with the American team.

He then began his baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals . From 1946 to 1948 he played for the San Francisco Giants , in 1949 for the Philadelphia Phillies .

After the end of his active career, Blattner worked as a sports reporter mainly in the field of baseball. In 1962 he founded the charitable organization "Buddy Fund" to support young people in the St. Louis area who grew up in difficult circumstances.

Because of his merits, Robert Blattner was inducted into the Hall of Fame of US Table Tennis in 1979 and into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.

In 2009, Blattner died of lung cancer.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
United States  World Championship  1937  to bathe  AUT   Quarter finals  gold  last 32  1
United States  World Championship  1936  Prague  TCH   last 128  gold  last 64  7th 

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Buddy Fund (accessed April 17, 2011)
  2. ↑ Report by Tim Boggan (accessed November 29, 2015)
  3. ^ Robert Blattner results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 4, 2011)

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personal data
SURNAME Blattner, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blattner, Robert Garnett (full name); Blattner, buddy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American table tennis and basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH September 4, 2009
Place of death Chesterfield , Missouri