Maureen Heppell Explained

Maureen Heppell
Birth Date:1949
Birth Place:Northumberland, England

Maureen Heppell is a female former international table tennis player from England.[1]

Table tennis career

She represented England at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Karenza Smith and Mary Shannon-Wright.[2] [3] [4]

Personal life

Her father Len Heppell (a ballroom dancer) helped train Pop Robson after Robson had met Maureen on the table tennis circuit.[5] Len went on to help many leading football players and managers and Maureen married Robson.[6] [7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Juniors Set the Pace - page 9. Table Tennis Guide.
  2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
  3. Web site: Corbillon Cup results. tischtennis-infos.de.
  4. Web site: 1967 Corbillon Cup results. Table Tennis England.
  5. Web site: The Shearer parallel appeals to Robson, Newcastle's hero of '69. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/the-shearer-parallel-appeals-to-robson-newcastles-hero-of-69-9136.html . 12 May 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent.
  6. Web site: Tributes to dance hero who inspired the stars. The Journal.
  7. Web site: The Shearer parallel appeals to Robson, Newcastle's hero of '69. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/the-shearer-parallel-appeals-to-robson-newcastle-s-hero-of-69-9136.html . 12 May 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. 9 September 2021.