Eric Findon Explained

Eric Findon
Birth Date:	2 March 1913
Birth Place:	Paddington, London, England
Death Place:	Belgium

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

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

• List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships

Notes and References

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