Eric Findon

Eric Charles Findon (2 March 1913 – 25 August 1941) was a male English international table tennis player and actor.

Eric Findon
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1913-03-02)2 March 1913
Paddington, London, England
Died25 August 1941(1941-08-25) (aged 28)
Belgium

Table tennis career

He was selected to represent England during the 1934 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup. The other team members were Don Foulis, Herbert 'Willie' Hales, Ken Hyde and Andrew Millar and they finished in seventh place.[1]

The Spalding 'Eric Findon Autograph' table tennis bat was named after him.[2] He was the owner and editor of 'The Table Tennis World' magazine in 1931.

Acting career

He appeared as a teenager in two feature films called The Rising Generation (1928) and Cupid in Clover (1929).[3]

Death

He was killed in action during World War II in Wavre, Walloon Brabant, serving with the 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  2. "SPALDING continues to lead in all TABLE TENNIS EQUIPMENT, page 4" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
  3. "Eric Findon Profile". IMdb.
  4. "Sergeant (Pilot) FINDON, ERIC CHARLES". Commonwealth War Graves.


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