Ronald John Crayden (8 July 1920 – 9 December 2007), was a male international table tennis player from England.

[1] He competed at the 1951 World Table Tennis Championships, in the Swaythling Cup with Michael Thornhill, Brian Kennedy, Johnny Leach for England.

[2][3] He was the non playing captain for the England men's team during the 1961 and 1963 Swaythling Cup and the women's team for the Corbillon Cup, from 1961 to 1969.

[citation needed] He wrote many books on table tennis including a book called 'The Story of Table Tennis - the First 100 Years'.

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