Steve Grant, a club-level table tennis player, has written numerous articles on the early history of table tennis around the world for publications of the Museum of the International Table Tennis Federation (http://www.ittf.com/museum/TTC.html).
You can contact Mr. Grant at PingPongFeverAuthor@gmail.com.
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