George Goodman (table tennis)

George 'Eli' Goodman is a former male English international table tennis player.

George 'Eli' Goodman
Personal information
Nationality England

He was part of the England team that competed at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Ernest Bubley, Eric Filby, Benny Casofsky and Johnny Leach.[1][2]

He was first capped against Wales in 1946 and represented Manchester in national competitions.[3]

He was of Jewish descent and won a gold medal for England at the Jewish Maccabiah Games in 1950 with Benny Casofsky.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  2. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  3. "New Names Make News" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
  4. "Manchester players take two world titles" (PDF). Table Tennis England.


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