Eddie Condon
Major Accomplishments
Chairman of the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) Junior Development Committee for 15 years.
Founded the Canadian Junior Tennis Championships starting in 1953 for 20 years.
Prepared the first CLTA Yearbook in 1971.
Biography
He was also the chairman of the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA – Tennis Canada) development committee. He founded the Canadian junior tennis championships in 1953 and was Chairman of the event for many years. He prepared the first CLTA yearbook in 1972 and edited and published updates in 1973 and 1974. The relaunch of the yearbook in 1990 was dedicated to him. Condon was the Executive Secretary and then the Executive Director of the CLTA for many years.
“In looking back at his involvement with tennis, it has been so great it is difficult to know where to begin. He was, of course, a great athlete himself. In addition to his prowess as a tennis player (he was a Maritimes Provincial Champion and a nine-times Ottawa Champion as well as winner of many other Canadian and U.S. titles), Ed was an outstanding track and field man and skier, and was actually a member of the 1932 Canadian Olympic team for skiing (he was also Canadian Cross Country Champion),” Lawrence F. Strong.
Condon was the second recipient in 1971 of Ontario’s Special Achievement Award.