9/4/09 by Amy Wurdock

"Disney's Table Tennis" "Disney was first a stockbroker and then an organizer of ping-pong tournaments. He came to own one of the largest table-tennis parlors in the United States, which gave instruction in that sport. Disney himself was eight-time table-tennis champion of Minnesota. Charlie Disney was also present at the historic international tournament in Nagano, Japan, in 1971, when the U.S. table-tennis team received a sudden invitation to visit mainland China. The event has become known as "ping-pong diplomacy". Disney was later president of the U.S. Table Tennis Association. One of his protégées now heads this organization." - www.identityindependence.com