Kenneth Craigie Explained

Kenneth Craigie
Birth Date:	15 April 1924
Birth Place:	Lambeth, London, England
Death Place:	Richmond, Surrey, England

Kenneth Ronald Craigie (15 April 1924 – 8 November 2003), better known as Ken Craigie, was an English international table tennis player.^[1]

Table tennis career

Craigie won a bronze medal at the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team) event with Richard Bergmann, Johnny Leach, Aubrey Simons and Harry Venner for England.^[2]

He coached the twin sisters Diane Rowe and Rosalind Rowe at the West Ealing Table Tennis Club.^[3]

Personal life and death

Craigie was born in Lambeth, London on 15 April 1924. He died after a long illness in Richmond, Surrey on 8 November 2003, at the age of 79.^{[4] [5]}

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
3. Web site: Rosalind Rowe: Table tennis player who became a multiple world champion before retiring at the age of 22 to get married. The Independent.
4. Web site: Ken Craigie obituary . Bridge Webs . 8 January 2022.
5. Web site: Mr. Kenneth Ronald Craigie . England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2019 . 8 January 2022.