• Award: Athletic Hall of Fame List
  • Awardee: Lender, Karel “Charlie”

Career Highlights The late Coach Lender was a former Soccer, Hockey and Tennis Coach and Faculty member of ESB from 1958 to 1974. He was also the coach for the Englewood Field Hockey team made up of primarily ESB students. Under his coaching, the Athletic Hall of Fame 1965 and 1966 soccer teams excelled and had one of the longest winning streaks without any losses in the school’s history for soccer. The 1968 hockey team boasted a 16 to 1 won-loss record. Coach Lender was also the tennis “Pro” at the Englewood Field Club. By way of background, Charlie Lender was a gifted athlete. He represented Czechoslovakia on the Davis Cup team and in hockey and soccer at the 1956 Olympics in Brisbane, Australia.