Tim Boggan
American table tennis player
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| Intro | American table tennis player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Athlete Table tennis player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 25 September 1930 | |
| Age | 94 years | |
| Star sign | Libra |
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Joseph R. "Tim" Boggan is an American table tennis player, official, and historian.
In 1971, Boggan travelled to China as an official attached to the US Table Tennis team. The visit, referred to as 'ping pong diplomacy' by the media, marked a thawing in US-China relations.
In 1985, he was inducted into the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame. In 1996, he received the Hall of Fame's Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the organisation's resident historian.