Charlotte Lee (1914 -1991)

Charlotte Lee (1914-1990), an outstanding champion despite only starting to play the game in her early forties.
Charlotte Lee (1914-1990), an outstanding champion despite only starting to play the game in her early forties.
Platform Tennis News remembers Charlotte Lee
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Kathy Reilly in the R. J. Reilly, Ic. publication Behind the Screens, as quoted in PTN, Winter 1991 said:

“If paddle had a Hall of Fame, Charlotte Lee would be a charter member. Charlotte Lee first picked up a paddle at age 42 in 1957, and since then has won sixteen National titles, been a runner up seven times, and has won an almost uncountable number of club and state championships in both mixed and women’s play.”

The winter edition of PTN carried the full tribute by Kathy Reilly, as well as a number of other remembrances, among which was one from Richard J. Reilly, Jr.:

“If ever there has been an angel to guide and inspire a sports following morally, physically, and spiritually, it has to be Charlotte Lee.”

Charlotte Lee was the recipient of the APTA Honor Award in 1966.

Source: Platform Tennis News, Winter 1991