Leah Neuberger

Leah Thall-Neuberger (December 17, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio – January 25, 1993), nicknamed Miss Ping, was an American table tennis player. She was ranked the # 3 table tennis player in the world in 1951.

Table tennis career

Neuberger won the United States national championships nine times as a single player, twelve times in doubles, and eight times in mixed doubles. She also won 41 times at the Canadian championships. She served on the Canadian team that travelled to the People’s Republic of China in 1971 on the Ping-Pong Diplomacy Tour.^[1]

Halls of Fame

Neuberger, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. She was also a member of the US Table Tennis Hall of Fame. ^[1]

See also

• List of select Jewish table tennis players

References

External links

• Jewish Sports bio

Table tennis in the United States Organization Table Tennis Association Notable players Ruth Aarons Robert Blattner Insook Bhushan Michelle Do Jasna Fazlić Gao Jun Ariel Hsing Erwin Klein James McClure Peggy McLean Jessie Purves Richard Miles Leah Neuberger Sean O'Neill Eric Owens Sol Schiff Thelma Thall Wang Chen Timothy Wang Erica Wu Lily Yip Lily Zhang David Zhuang List of table tennis players