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Who is the fornder of ping pong?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

"Who invented ping pong?

Ping pong was a collective invention that emerged from the British upper classes of the late 19th century. Books of that era, such as Arnold Parker's 1902 primer Ping-Pong, the Game and How to Play It, indicate that ping pong existed as early as 1881. Table Tennis and Gossima (likely related to the lightness of gossamer) were the first titles given to the game, and the first playing materials used in ping pong history were invariably books, cigar box lids, and champagne corks, suggesting a rainy day diversion for lawn tennis players or bored colonial soldiers.

The term ping pong was trademarked in 1901 by J. Jaques & Son Ltd., right around the time that celluloid balls were introduced by James Gibb. Modern style ping pong rackets followed in 1903, when E.C. Goode stuck sheets of pimpled rubber to a wooden blade."

http://www.homefurnish.com/gameroomgym/games/historyofpingpong.aspx

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