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Great Shots: Historic Photographs<br />
<strong>The</strong> featured photo is kindly sent by Laszlo Kluksic of<br />
Hungary. Laszlo is the son of the first woman World<br />
Champion, legendary Maria Mednyanszky, who won 5<br />
consecutive Singles titles. <strong>The</strong> photo shows Maria playing<br />
with doubles partner Miklos Szabados, another of the great<br />
Hungarian stars of the 1930s, and the 1931 World Singles<br />
Champion. Of Maria’s record 18 Gold Medals, 3 were won<br />
in the Mixed Doubles partnered with Szabados.<br />
Myster My ery y Photo Phot<br />
Quite a nice young Szabados in this photo, with a<br />
full head of hair! Both Maria and Miklos were inducted into<br />
the <strong>ITTF</strong> Hall of Fame in its foundation year of 1993.<br />
Mr. Kluksic has written a book about his famous Mother,<br />
in Hungarian, filled with many great photographs, and is<br />
hoping to publish an English translation. We can all look<br />
forward to that! Thank you Laszlo for sharing memories of<br />
your great Mother.<br />
Mystery Photo:<br />
Several members correctly identified the<br />
Spring Mystery Photo: M. Szabados, Lily<br />
Palmer, and L. Bellak, who wrote “Katie My<br />
Girl” under the girl next to him on the original<br />
photo.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Summer Mystery Photo is a postcard<br />
showing a group of proud players and<br />
their captain. Who can identify them, the<br />
year and event? I have masked out their<br />
autographs to hide the answers!<br />
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