Tommy Sears
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Full name | Thomas Eagar Sears | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | 13 March 1911||||||||||||||
Died | 6 December 1975 Swindon, England | (aged 64)||||||||||||||
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Thomas Eagar Sears (13 March 1911 – 6 December 1975), was a male English international table tennis player.[1]
Table tennis career
[edit]He won a silver medal in the men's team event at the 1931 World Table Tennis Championships.[2] He also won two English Open titles and captained England.
Personal life
[edit]Sears was a warehouse manager at W.H Smith Supply Centre from 1926 to 1973. He was also a Japanese prisoner of war.[3]
See also
[edit]- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Obituary" (PDF). Table Tennis England.