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CodeDS/UK/9901
NameMiles; Richard Theodore "Dick" (1925-2010); American table tennis player
Dates1925-2010
GenderMale
BiographyRichard Theodore "Dick" Miles (12 June 1925, Manhattan, New York City, USA – 12 October 2010, Manhattan, New York City, USA) was an American table tennis player who won ten national championships between 1945 and 1962, more than any other player. After his playing career ended, Miles wrote an instructional guide and continued in his sport by playing match games and doing trick shot performances. In its obituary The New York Times called him "perhaps the greatest table tennis player the United States has ever produced".

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