Sol Schiff Explained

Sol Schiff
Fullname:Solomon Joseph Schiff
Birth Date:28 June 1917
Birth Place:Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Solomon Joseph Schiff (June 28, 1917 – February 26, 2012)[1] was a Jewish-American table tennis player from New York.

He attended Textile High School in New York City.[2]

Table tennis career

Schiff was a six-time U.S. Open Men's Doubles champion, and nine-time U.S. Mixed Doubles champion.[3] In 1936, he won the U.S. Men's Singles title.[3]

From 1937 to 1947, he won four medals in doubles and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[4] [5] The four World Championship medals[6] included two gold medals; one in the doubles with Jimmy McClure at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the team event at the 1937 World Table Tennis Championships.[7] [8]

He also won an English Open title.

He was inducted into the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame.[2] He was also inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Hevesi. Dennis. Sol Schiff, 'Mr. Table Tennis,' Dies at 94. The New York Times. 26 July 2017. obit.
  2. Web site: Solomon "Sol" Schiff, born June 28, 1917. https://web.archive.org/web/20150405012033/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Sol-Schiff. dead. April 5, 2015. Teamusa.org. November 14, 2021.
  3. Web site: Sol Schiff . Jewishsports.net . 2020-01-30.
  4. Web site: ITTF_Database . 2013-02-02 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043150/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6317 . dead .
  5. Web site: Sports 123: Table Tennis . 2018-02-28 . 2018-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html . dead .
  6. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
  7. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
  8. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.

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