Marty Reisman
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| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 1, 1930 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 7, 2012 (aged 82) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Reisman (February 1, 1930 – December 7, 2012) was an American table tennis player and author. He won the U.S. Men's Singles Championship in 1958 and 1960 and the U.S. Hardbat Championship in 1997. He advocated the traditional hardbat style of table tennis.
Reisman was active in New York City's table tennis community for decades. He was nicknamed "the Needle" for his quick wit and slender build. In his 1974 memoir The Money Player, he wrote that top table tennis players had to be "gamblers or smugglers."