James McClure

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James Hodgson "Jimmy" McClure (born September 28, 1916 in Indianapolis , † February 12, 2005 ) was an American table tennis player . He was world champion three times in doubles and once with the team.

Athletic career

Initially, McClure devoted himself to tennis . As a 15-year-old he won the tennis tournament in Indianapolis twice and again three years later.

At the age of 18 he started playing table tennis. In 1934 and 1939 he won the US Open. From 1935 to 1951 he took part in world championships six times . In singles, he never got past the round of 32. In doubles, however, he was more successful. In 1936 in Prague he became world champion for the first time with Robert Blattner through a final victory over the Czechs Stanislav Kolář / J. October Petricek. In 1937 he defended the title with the same partner by winning the final against Richard Bergmann / Helmut Goebel from Austria. In this tournament he also won the title with the American team. In 1938 he won the third double title, this time with Sol Schiff , with whom he prevailed in the final against the Hungarians Victor Barna / László Bellák . He won bronze in the team competition in 1938. In 2011 he was ranked seventh in the ITTF world rankings .

The Second World War interrupted McClure's athletic career. He served in the US Navy . After the war he won bronze with the team at the 1949 World Cup , and in 1951 he finished fourth with the team. In 1956 he ended his sporting career.

In 1993, McClure was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame , which he was instrumental in founding. In 2001 he received the Mark Matthews Lifetime Achievement Award .

After retirement

In 1946 McClure became a member of a Masonic Lodge on the advice of his uncle James Hodgson . In 1957 he married Nellie L. Orr, the marriage remained childless. He took on several tasks as a functionary in the American table tennis association USATT.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
United States  World Championship  1951  Vienna  AUT   last 64  last 32  last 64  4th 
United States  World Championship  1949  Stockholm  SWE   last 64  last 16  no participants  3
United States  World Championship  1938  Wembley  CLOSELY   last 32  gold  last 32  3
United States  World Championship  1937  to bathe  AUT   last 32  gold  last 32  1
United States  World Championship  1936  Prague  TCH   last 128  gold  Quarter finals  7th 
United States  World Championship  1935  Wembley  CLOSELY   last 64  Quarter finals  last 16  13 

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.tabletennisdayton.com/files/usopen_2005_program_sm.pdf (accessed on July 18, 2011)
  2. ↑ Historical world rankings ( Memento of the original from March 3, 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 18, 2011; PDF; 148 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  3. ↑ James McClure Findings from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 12, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME McClure, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McClure, James Hodgson 'Jimmy'
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Indianapolis
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 2005