Ken Stanley


Kenneth 'Ken' Stanley was a male English international table tennis player.

Table tennis career

He won a bronze medal at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup with Ken Hyde, Hyman Lurie, Ernest Bubley and Arthur Wilmott.
He played table tennis in India and won the All India Cup winning the Men's Singles, Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles and later coached in Scotland, New Zealand, Norway and England and had an academy in Burnley.

Personal life

He was a football agent and ran a sports agency in London and was also an instructor for the RAF during the war. He married Marion Brook in 1942 and had four children. His son David and daughter Janet played table tennis and won national youth titles. He died in 2013.