Douglas Cartland

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Douglas "Doug" Cartland (born July 20, 1914 , † 2002 ) was an American table tennis player . He participated in four world championships in the 1940s and 1950s. He was also active in some German clubs.

Career

For the first time Douglas Cartland took part in the 1949 World Cup, which took place in Stockholm. Here he won bronze in the team competition and in doubles with Dick Miles . Because of bad behavior during and after the tournament - he was offensive about Sweden - he was banned from the American table tennis association USATT for one year. At the 1951 World Cup he reached fourth place with the team, in 1952 he reached the quarterfinals in singles and in doubles with Marty Reisman in the semifinals. When he last participated in the World Cup in 1957 , he competed in singles and doubles, but was eliminated early. In 1951 he was ranked 14th in the ITTF world rankings .

In the early 1960s he also played in some German clubs, such as PPC Neu Isenburg and 1962/63 with TG Friedberg (Oberliga).

The focus of his sporting activities were exhibition fights, with which he earned money in many countries. He often appeared here with Harry Cook († 1950), Marty Reisman and Sol Schiff .

In 1984 Douglas Cartland was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the American table tennis association USATT.

Trivia

Douglas Cartland was very talented at solving puzzles, with which he won several awards.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
United States World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 64 last 128 no participants
United States World Championship 1952 Bombay IND Quarter finals Semifinals no participants
United States World Championship 1951 Vienna AUT last 32 last 32 last 32 4th
United States World Championship 1949 Stockholm SWE last 64 Semifinals last 64 3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth (accessed on July 13, 2016)
  2. ^ DTS magazine , 1951/21 page 3
  3. ↑ ITTF world rankings from 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 13, 2016)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  4. ^ Neu Isenburg - DTS magazine , 1960/17 page 4
  5. ^ Access by TG Friedberg - DTS magazine , 1962/20, page 11
  6. ^ Exit TG Friedberg - DTS magazine , 1963/19 page 4
  7. ↑ USA: Hall of Fame (accessed July 13, 2016)
  8. ↑ Douglas Cartland results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed July 13, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Cartland, Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cartland, Doug
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1914
DATE OF DEATH 2002