Benny Casofsky

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Benny Casofsky
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NationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Born(1919-06-19)19 June 1919
Died15 April 1987(1987-04-15) (aged 67)

Bernard "Benny" Casofsky (19 June 1919 – 15 April 1987), was a former male English international table tennis player.

“Benny” was part of the England team that competed at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Ernest Bubley, Eric Filby, George 'Eli' Goodman and Johnny Leach. [1] [2]

He was of Jewish descent and was part of the Manchester team along with Leslie Cohen and Hyman Lurie who won the Wilmott Cup (National Team Championship) on three occasions. [3] [4] He was also later ranked as Manchester’s number one player. [5]

Later, he was named the president of the Manchester and District League.

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References

  1. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "The winners of the Wilmott Cup in 1950, Benny Casofsky, Leslie Cohen and Hymie Lurie". Northern Soul.
  4. ↑ "National Team Champions" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
  5. ↑ "Manchester's great season" (PDF). table Tennis England.


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