# Eric Findon

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'''Eric Charles Findon''' (2 March 1913 – 25 August 1941) was a male [English](/source/English_people) international [table tennis](/source/table_tennis) player and actor.

==Table tennis career==
He was selected to represent England during the [1934 World Table Tennis Championships](/source/1933_World_Table_Tennis_Championships_(December)) in the [Swaythling Cup](/source/1934_World_Table_Tennis_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Team). The other team members were [Don Foulis](/source/Don_Foulis), [Herbert 'Willie' Hales](/source/Herbert_'Willie'_Hales), [Ken Hyde](/source/Ken_Hyde) and [Andrew Millar](/source/Andrew_Millar_(table_tennis)) and they finished in seventh place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/|title=Swaythling Cup results|date=9 February 2024|publisher=tischtennis-infos.de|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505034830/http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Spalding 'Eric Findon Autograph' table tennis bat was named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1937-38/tt_issue20.pdf|title=SPALDING continues to lead in all TABLE TENNIS EQUIPMENT, page 4|publisher=Table Tennis England|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=18 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618130449/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1937-38/tt_issue20.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the owner and editor of 'The Table Tennis World' magazine in 1931.

==Acting career==
He appeared as a teenager in two feature films called ''[The Rising Generation](/source/The_Rising_Generation)'' (1928) and ''[Cupid in Clover](/source/Cupid_in_Clover)'' (1929).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1189318/?ref_=tt_cl_t2|title=Eric Findon Profile|publisher=IMdb}}</ref>

==Death==
He was killed in action during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) in [Wavre](/source/Wavre), [Walloon Brabant](/source/Walloon_Brabant), serving with the 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2896619/findon,-eric-charles/|title=Sergeant (Pilot) FINDON, ERIC CHARLES|publisher=Commonwealth War Graves}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships](/source/List_of_England_players_at_the_World_Team_Table_Tennis_Championships)

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Category:English male table tennis players
Category:1913 births
Category:1941 deaths
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
Category:Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
Category:Royal Air Force airmen
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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