Marty Reisman
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Marty Reisman ( born 1st February, 1930) is an American champion table tennis player and author. He was the 1958 and 1960 U.S. Men’s Singles Champion and the 1997 U.S. Hardbat Champion.
Reisman developed his table tennis skills as a hustler in New York in the 1940s , playing for bets and prizes. Notably at Lawrence's Table tennis emporium on Broadway and 54th Street.
He is the oldest person ever to win an open national competition in a racquet sport when he won the 1997 United States National Hardbat championship at age 67.
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His autobiography, The Money Player, The confessions of America's Greatest Table Tennis Player and Hustler was published in 1974. Publisher: Morrow , ISBN 0-688-00273-0
[edit] References
- Full biography at USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame. Accessed November 2006.
- Interview With Marty Reisman at USA Table Tennis By Tyra Parkins 2001. Accessed November 2006.
- Marty Reisman article at hardbat.com
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