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LEHMAN
Tennis Coach Wins Fight with Cancer and Coach of the Year Award
Scott
Blumberg’s professional tennis career may have ended just as he was getting
his second wind, but the game is still in his blood.
Blumberg the head coach of the Lehman tennis
teams for the past three years, has seen it all, lived it all, and lived through
it all. Start with the fact that shortly after his birth, Blumberg was adopted
right out of the hospital and has no brothers or sisters. He started playing
tennis and clarinet when he was seven years old. He went to the High School of
Music & Art in New York, where he played tennis and was ranked 16th in the
country by the time he graduated. He was offered a scholarship to play tennis at
the University of South Florida, and a scholarship to play clarinet at Julliard.
He opted to play tennis, and by the time he was 20, began playing
professionally.
He
has played in the U.S. Open, and won a myriad of professional tournaments (never
a Grand Slam.) He worked for Ivan Lendl’s tennis club in Connecticut, and
he played such greats as Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Vitas Gerulitas and
Guillermo Vilas (he defeated none.) He’s got four great kids and a lovely
wife.
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