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Marty Reisman: The Magical Hustler Who Saved a Classic Game

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Table-tennis wizard Marty Reisman dazzled crowds for decades. By Harold Evans.

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Watch the newsreel below and observe a fabled minute in the life and times of Marty Reisman, who died on Friday at age 81. It is 1949 and the scene is Britain's famous Wembley Stadium.

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