Alec Brook

{{Short description|British table tennis player}}

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Alec Brook (1911–1986) was a male English international table tennis player.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=alec-brook-130439|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}

Table tennis career

He won a bronze medal in the 1933 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Adrian Haydon, David Jones, Andrew Millar and Edward Rimer for England.{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123|access-date=2018-03-15|archive-date=2018-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tabletennis365.com/RugbyPremierTTC/News/2017/June/friday-photos-96-england-squads-from-far-off-days/17194|title=World Championships in Baden, Austria|publisher=Table Tennis 365|access-date=2018-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316151717/https://www.tabletennis365.com/RugbyPremierTTC/News/2017/June/friday-photos-96-england-squads-from-far-off-days/17194|archive-date=2018-03-16|url-status=dead}}

He appeared 500 times in exhibition matches at the London Palladium with Viktor Barna.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1986-87/tt_issue362.pdf|title=Obituary|publisher=Table Tennis England|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115202055/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1986-87/tt_issue362.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Personal profile

He was a chairman of the sports company Motif tie manufacturers ADB London Ltd which he established in 1946. He died in 1986.

See also

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