Tim Boggan
Tim Boggan (born September 25, 1930 ) is an American table tennis player , official and historian. He was honored with the ITTF Merit Award for his services to table tennis .
Career
Tim Boggan learned the game of table tennis from his father. However, he didn't start playing seriously until he was 19. He improved his playing strength and appeared in some American tournaments, also against strong players such as Bernhard Bukiet and Erwin Klein .
In 1966 he began to write articles in the magazine Table Tennis Topics , the official organ of the American table tennis association USTTA. He published his essays here for 13 years. In 1970 he was elected Vice President of the USTTA, two years later he became its President for a few years. As part of the ping-pong diplomacy , he traveled to China in 1971 and then reported extensively on the subject.
In 1983 he published his own magazine called "Timmy's". Around 1989 he started the History of US Table Tennis series . During the 1991 World Cup he was part of the ITTF Media Committee of the ITTF World Federation . In the same year he became an active member of the Swaythling Club International .
Awards
- 1971 Dunlop Barna Award
- 1985 Hall of Fame of the American Table Tennis Association USTTA
- ???? ITTF Merit Award
- 2006 Mark Matthews Lifetime Achievement Award
Publications
- Winning Table Tennis, Contemporary Books Inc, 1976, ISBN 978-0809281510
- History of US Table Tennis, Volume I - XI
- Volume I: (2000) 1928-1939 ISBN 9780970765703
- Volume II (2003): 1940-1952 ISBN 9780970765710
- Volume III (2004): 1953-1962 ISBN 978-0970765727
- Volume IV (2005): 1963-1970 ISBN 978-0970765734
- Volume V (2005): 1971-1972 ISBN 9780970765741
- Volume VI (2006): 1970-1973
- Volume VII (2007): 1973-1975 ISBN 978-0970765765
- Volume VIII (2008): 1975--1977 ISBN 0970765770
- Volume IX (2009): 1977-1979
- Volume X (2010): 1979-1981
- Volume XI (2011): 1981-1982
Private
Tim Boggan was an English professor at New York University. He is married and has two sons, Scott (* 1961) and Eric (* 1963), who were both US table tennis players in the 1980s and also played in Germany for a number of years.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birthday (accessed January 29, 2012)
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/5 p. 22
- ↑ Entry for Eric Boggan in the ITTF database (accessed January 29, 2012)
- ^ Entry for Scott Boggan in the ITTF database (accessed January 29, 2012)
Web links
- Portrait (accessed January 29, 2012)
- Tim Boggan's interview in "Table Tennis World" from 1996 (accessed November 29, 2015)
- History of US Table Tennis, Volume I-XI, with links to Reviews (accessed January 29, 2012)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boggan, Tim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boggan, Joseph R. Tim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American table tennis player, official and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1930 |