Edwin Douglas Cartland (July 20, 1914 - July 29, 2002) was a male

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international

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player. He won a three

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s at the

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; two at the

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in the men's team and in the men's doubles with

Dick Miles Richard Theodore Miles (June 12, 1925 – October 12, 2010) was an American table tennis player who won 10 national championships between 1945 and 1962, more than any other player. After his playing career ended, Miles wrote an instructional g ...

. His third bronze came in 1952 at the

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in the men's doubles with

Marty Reisman Martin 'Marty' Reisman (February 1, 1930 – December 7, 2012) was 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. Table tennis career Reisman started ...

. He was inducted into the US Table Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984 and in 1953 the Barnes Sports Library published his book called 'Table Tennis Illustrated'.

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American male table tennis players 1914 births 2002 deaths World Table Tennis Championships medalists 20th-century American people {{US-tabletennis-bio-stub

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