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Edward J. "Eddie" Moylan

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Edward Moylan Obituary

Moylan, Edward J. "Eddie"

Edward J. "Eddie" Moylan, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Eddie was the former coach of the Cornell University Men's Tennis Team and was also a former captain and coach of the United States Davis Cup Team. In keeping with Eddie's wishes there will be no public funeral services and interment in Calvary Cemetery will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in Eddie's memory may be made to the Immaculate Conception School, 320 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850. Arrangements are by the Bangs Funeral Home.

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Published by Ithaca Journal on May 27, 2015.

Memories and Condolences
for Edward Moylan

14 Entries

Pete Mariano

January 7, 2025

I happened to think about Eddie recently remembering so fondly the many chats we had in my office in the squash courts about everything from coaching philosophy to baseball to tennis to his serving in WWII & just life in general. We laughed & he always made my day. I remember on a road trip buying him a pair of Bass penny loafers that were on sale that I knew he would love. Sure enough Eddie was so happy I bought those for him. They were almost 2 sizes too big but he said he would just wear an extra pair of white socks. He wore those loafers with his white tennis shorts for a long time. I was honored to be his friend. I miss him & will never forget him.

Nancy Richey

December 11, 2023

I would just like to say that I remember Eddie from the River Oaks Invitational days back in the 50´s. I thought he was about the most handsome man I ever saw. And his groundstrokes were a thing of beauty. I was only 14 years old and played the women´s event they had and my dad, George Richey, introduced me to him. I was bug eyed at all the great players and particularly Eddie because I was a baseliner too! Glad I found this page..didn´t realize he had been the pro at Piping Rock..I won a tournament there in 1964 beating Billie Jean King in the finals and Richard Nixon was playing golf there that day and presented me with the trophy...wish Eddie had been there that day!
Nancy Richey
ITHOF `03

Gary Schoener

May 20, 2022

Hard to believe it's been that long since coach died. Remembering him brings back a host of fond memories of coach from 1962 - 1966 when he coached tennis & squash. I still remember and tell some of his stories.

Herman Kunes

May 22, 2020

I remember Eddie as a very young man. We lived next door to him in Trenton, N.J. on Edgewood Ave.He would play with his tennis racquet hitting the ball against a garage door behind his house. His red headed mother would invite me at the age of 7 to eat fried tomatoes . Eddie was 10 years old at the time. He was always a good looking guy and well liked during his life. I remember his older brother John as well. Great family the Moylans.

Nelle Longshore Niles

January 7, 2016

I was very shocked to find out that Eddie passed away. The reason I happened to look him up was because I hadn't received the Christmas letter that I had gotten for the part 50 years. Eddie and I dated in the late '50/ and then we became lifelong friends. He was also one of my brother Les Longshore's best friends. He was a wonderful friend, very funny and kind. I am very sad to hear of his passing. I will miss him.

January 5, 2016

I played college tennis and squash at Cornell when Eddie Moylan coached both teams. Besides being a terrific tennis player in the late 1940s and 1950s, "Coach" was smart, funny, anecdotal, opinionated, and inspiring. We stayed friends and corresponded in subsequent years. He was a wonderful person in so many ways, and he'll be greatly missed by his many friends and admirers.

Paul Fein

Gary Carr

December 25, 2015

So many memories about this incredible man.He coached us in tennis and squash at the end of the sixties. I learned so much from him--by how he carried himself.How to think under adversity, how to marshal your resources under stress, how to think your way past a better athlete, how to prepare yourself and never be surprised.Lessons for a lifetime.

Most of all, I'll remember the tremendous pride he took in being an elite athlete. He tried to transmit that pride to us and make it part of our lives. He gave us a sense of what it was like and what it took to be exceptional.

It's strange. I think of him almost every day--and what he gave me. What a gift.

I miss him more than I can say.

Gary (1969)

Edward Moylan

July 6, 2015

My uncle, Eddie , I was named after, was a very kind man to me and my family here in Texas, will never forget his handsomeness, via my wife,s comment. I didn't,t get to see him much as I was growing up,,, but he had a knack of always checking on us and never forgot us so far away. We will miss him very much. Wish we were contacted about his funeral... Nephew Edward Moylan and wife Robin Moylan of Amarillo, tx.

June 22, 2015

Ed was a very special friend. I coached the women's tennis team, when he was the men's coach. Also played many games of squash with him, where he would run me all over the place with such ease and grace.
I just found out about his passing, and I am deeply saddened. I will miss our conversations, and our little bets, he the Yankees vs. my Red Sox. Ed, you were a wonderful friend.
Gwen Ritchie, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Barbara

May 30, 2015

Eddie was a special friend and will be missed.

Jonathan

May 27, 2015

Eddie was a great Ithaca Institution! Whether he was running a guy half his age all over the squash court or making every play on the tennis court, he was quite a site to be seen. Always a nod and hello, a tennis tip or a compliment. Irreplaceable indeed.

Joel Podkaminer

May 27, 2015

Eddie would say
"Why do lefties always give righties a hard time?
Think about it!"
Was his answer
And "if I had your body, I could be number one in the world"
And then pointing to his head/ ( brain) "but you could never be!"
We always played better when we knew he was watching
A true legacy and gentleman of tennis. One of the heroes of our country

Gary Schoener

May 27, 2015

I have fond memories of four years at Cornell during which the coach was one of the most amazing people I met and worked with. he was an outstanding coach in squash and tennis and had an extraordinary tennis career of his own. Even when coaching us, and despite a bad back, we watched him dispatch Rodney Mandlestam (Miami's #1 and an internationally ranked player from South Africa) 6-1, and Marty Reisen (nationally ranked) 7-5, despite lacking a serve. It was amazing to see.

Mark Finkelstein

May 27, 2015

I will remember Eddie's fiery competitiveness even into his 80s, when I knew him. During a lesson, if Eddie felt the student wasn't putting forth a full effort, he would begin muttering "Piping Rock, Piping Rock," a reference to the tony country club where he had been the head pro.

That was Eddie's way of saying the the student was playing like a nonchalant country clubber rather than with the total devotion he demanded.

Eddie was an absolute American original. May he gambol forever on the green courts of Heaven.

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