About Eric Filby
Lived 1917 – 2004 (aged 87). Eric Filby was an athlete and tennis player.
Eric John Filby (31 May 1917 – 9 December 2004) was a male English international table tennis and lawn tennis player.
He won a bronze medal at the 1938 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Hyman Lurie.
In 1950 he moved from Norfolk to Croydon.
Filby played in the 1955 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles.
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Who was Eric Filby?
English table tennis and lawn tennis player
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Eric Filby was born on 31 May 1917.
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Eric Filby died on 9 December 2004.
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Eric Filby was an athlete and tennis player.
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