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PongNow: Mal Anderson

PongNow: Mal Anderson

August 8, 2020

(by Steve Hopkins)

The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport.

In this edition we have, Mal Anderson, USATT Photographic Historian and Hall of Fame member. Get to know Mal and some of his 72,000 American Table Tennis photos.

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Mal Anderson was a player and umpire and is best known as a table tennis photographer. His 72,000 photos include over 6,000 players carefully cataloged mostly as black and white photos . He provides some advice for those hoping to take table tennis photos, and stories that include tournaments, famous players, and his part in the Ping Pong Diplomacy tour.

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