Erwin Klein

Erwin Klein (died September 30, 1992)[1] was a male table tennis player from the United States, who was a four-time US Open Table Tennis Singles Champion.[2][3] His nickname was Chubby.[4] He won a gold medal in the Mixed Doubles event at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1956.[5]

Erwin Klein
Full nameErwin Klein
Nationality United States
DiedSeptember 30, 1992
Los Angeles, California

Biography

Klein lived in Los Angeles, and was Jewish.[6][7] He attended Fairfax High School, UCLA, and Cal-Berkeley.[4][8]

He was Southern California men's champion at the age of 11.[9] Klein won the U.S. National Boys 15-under Championship (at age 13) and the respective age groups at age 16, 17, and 18.[8] At age 18, he also won the National Juniors title, and the National Men's Singles and Doubles Championships.[8] In 1955 he and Richard Bergmann won the U.S. Open Table Tennis Men's Doubles Championship.[6]

In 1956 he, 17 years old, and Leah Neuberger won the World Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Championship in Tokyo.[10][11][6][12] was a four-time US Open Table Tennis Singles Champion. In 1956 and 1961 he was the U.S. singles champion.[8][13] In both 1964 and 1965 he won the U.S. Open Table Tennis Men's Singles Championship, and he and Bernard Bukiet won the U.S. Open Table Tennis Men's Doubles Championship.[8][14][6]

In 1973, he was a member of the United States table tennis team that competed against China.[8]

In 1990 Klein was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[8]

He was shot to death in Los Angeles by a business partner in an argument on September 30, 1992.[15] The shooter then killed himself.[15]

References
  1. http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/USATT/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Erwin-Klein
  2. "USA Table Tennis Magazine (2014 Winter)". Issuu.
  3. Communications, Emmis (July 11, 1998). Los Angeles Magazine. Emmis Communications – via Google Books.
  4. "Boys' Life". Boy Scouts of America, Inc. January 11, 1956 – via Google Books.
  7. "CHAMP OF THE CHOP AND LOOP". Sports Illustrated.
  8. "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". scjewishsportshof.com.
  9. "Cream of the Table Tennis Set". March 21, 1972 – via NYTimes.com.
  10. "SCOREBOARD". Sports Illustrated.
  11. "Leah Thall-Neuberger". www.jewishsports.net.
  13. Lipsyte, Robert M. (April 21, 1962). "Miles, 36, Takes Pro Table Tennis From Klein, 3 to 2; Miles' Defense Impressive Expert but Dull" – via NYTimes.com.
  14. "The Daily Banner". newspapers.library.in.gov. January 3, 1966.


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