Peter R. Lyman

You gave even more of a definition of the word Quality!!! So great to have had you a part of my life...jeff adams (now in Savannah GA.

Nothing but the finest memories if Peter. Legend. Miss you

Pete as I called him was a special gentle soul. I was doing my internship at Rochester and he welcomed me to be his assistant for the year. Pete had wisdom, honesty, and welcomed me with open arms. I miss you Coach. You have taught me life skills and tennis skills. Life lessons are the most important. Thanks. Bill Aronson

Knowing Peter was a great thing in my life...I was so very lucky to know him and to learn from him, so that my coaching / teaching of the Squash players in Rochester was really good...together we helped a lot of people...all of us loved him...jeff adams (I now live in Savannah GA)

Peter Missing you, all you did for tennis, and your friendship. RIP

So great that I got to spend time with Peter, gave my life a true example of what the word "Quality" really means...

It is with terrible sadness that I just learned of Peter's passing. I had the privilege of playing for Peter from 1986 through 1990. He was, in every true and sincere sense of the word, a gentleman. He also was a gentle man. The anecdotes any of us who played for Peter could tell are legendary and could fill volumes, but they all speak at the end of the day to one of the most endearing people I've ever known. At Nationals in 1990, where we finished 5th, I had the humbling privilege of...

I am writing this on behalf of my dad, who played tablle tennis with Pete in the 50s an 60s. He lives in Florida now, but shared his fond memories of Pete and the times that they played table tennis at his home with local greats Ben Morgan and Don Coluzzi. I never got to see Peter's home, even though he lived around the corner from my relatives. Still, I am happy that my dad got to enjoy wonderful times with Pete playing a sport they loved, while also enjoying a great and enduring friendship.

My memories of Peter go back to the mid 50s, when I, as a youngster, would watch him play in our local table tennis tournaments. What a kind and gentle person who was just wonderful to talk to. I later had the honor of being able to compete against Peter in both tennis and table tennis, and I don't have to say which match I lost!
In my teen years, Peter helped me as a tennis player, then later as a coach. My most fond recollection was attending two coaches conferences with him in NYC,...