Peggy McLean explained

Peggy McLean
Fullname:Margaret Rinn McLean
Playingstyle:Aggressive
Birth Date:8 July 1926[1]
Birth Place:Queens, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Height:5 ft 2 in
Weight:110 lbs

Margaret Rinn McLean (later Folke; July 8, 1926 – March 30, 2013) was an American international table tennis player.[2]

Table tennis career

McLean won two World Championship medals including a gold medal in the women's team event at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships.[3] [4] [5]

In addition she won a mixed doubles bronze medal with Marty Reisman in 1949.[6] She also won two English Open titles.

Later life and death

McLean was inducted into the USA Hall of Fame in 1980.[7]

McLean died in Westport, Connecticut on March 30, 2013, at the age of 86.[8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Margaret R. McLean . New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910–1965 . 28 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
  3. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
  4. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
  5. Web site: ITTF_Database . 2013-02-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150602231234/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=4626 . 2015-06-02 .
  6. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123. 2018-03-01. 2018-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Hall of Fame Inductees. https://web.archive.org/web/20150319105717/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles. dead. March 19, 2015. USATT.
  8. Web site: Margaret M. Folke . U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930–Current . 28 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Swaythling Club International News . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306165903/https://www.ittf.com/sci/newsletters/SCI_News_Nr_95.pdf . dead . 2014-03-06 . ITTF . 28 March 2023 . September 2013.

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