Erwin Klein

Erwin Klein (June 6, 1938 - September 30, 1992) was a male table tennis player from the United States, who four times US Open Table Tennis Singles Champion. His nickname was Chubby. He won a gold medal in the Mixed Doubles event at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1956.

Biography Klein lived in Los Angeles and was Jewish. He attended Fairfax High School, UCLA and Cal-Berkeley.

He was Southern California men's champion at the age of 11. Klein won the U.S. National Boys 15-under Championship (at age 13) and the respective age groups at age 16, 17, and 18. was a four-time US Open Table Tennis Singles Champion. In 1956 and 1961, he was the U.S. singles champion. In both 1964 and 1965, he won the U.S. Open Table Tennis Men's Singles Championship, and he and Bernard Bukiet won the U.S. Open Table Tennis Men's Doubles Championship.

In 1973, he was a member of the United States table tennis team that competed against China.