Eric Filby

{{Short description|English table tennis and lawn tennis player}}

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Eric John Filby (31 May 1917 – 9 December 2004) was a male English international table tennis and lawn tennis player.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=eric-filby-129667|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}

He won a bronze medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Hyman Lurie.{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsMD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412045730/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsMD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-12|title=Men's doubles results|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation}}{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123}}

In 1950 he moved from Norfolk to Croydon.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1952-53/tt_issue87.pdf|title=Eric Filby Leaves Norfolk|publisher=Table Tennis England}}

Filby played in the 1955 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles.{{cite web|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/eric-filby/f993/overview|title=Player Record|publisher=ATP World Tour}}