Ed Lucia
Professor Ed Lucia (Fencing Coach)
CCNY Fencing Coach and 1960 Olympic Team Coach.
Ed Lucia was my Varsity fencing coach from 1970-1973.
He had a tremendous impact on my life not just in the sport of Fencing but in succeeding in the game of life...
I and my teammates honor him and offer this tribute to a great coach, a mentor, and a great humanitarian.
-June 2007
Some Photos
Edward Lucia
An article published in the CCNY Alumnus (Winter 2009) edition
Copyright by CCNY ALUMNUS Winter 2009 Issue.
An article written by Jack Lee and fellow teammates - paying tribute to our coach.
A poem written by Lucia in High School - Engravings in Steel (1933)
Foaming were the cups
Filled with bubb'ling wine
Jest were bandied forth
Toasts proposed and quaffed;
Through the noisy mirth
Rose an angry shout;
O'er the laces white
Trickles streams of red;
Oaths resounded clear
Utter silence now;
"You I challenge Sir!"
"And I accept your glove!"
"Gentlemen give pause --"
"Insults must be purged!"
"Lying tongues must cease!"
Now the space is cleared,
Doublets thrown aside;
Blade caresses blade,
Dust flied from the boards;
Sparkling are the swords,
Sparkling more the eyes;
"Use thy secret thrust!"
Shouts an eager voice.
Round the circle clear
Wary duelists tread;
Husbanding their strength
Seeking careless guards;
Swiftly speeds the lunge
Cobra's rival - ah! -
Slowly drops a sword
Foible carmine stained;
Slower sinks a form
On the tavern floor;
Sinister the hue
Seeping through the lace;
Ghastlier the hue spreading on the face
Tortured is the scream
Of the sufferer's cry;
Anguished more the face
Of the vanquisher.
Forming are the cups
Filled with bubb'ling wine;
Yet the jests are stilled
And no toasts are raised.
Some related links...
- Time Magazine article
Ed Lucia (Collegiate Coach of the year-1964) - Encyclopedia of the Sword
Info on Lucia. - USFA Hall of Fame - 1974
Edward Lucia - Hall of fame. - Welcome To The Museum of American Fencing
Lucia featured in Museum of American Fencing.
Quick, what do you think of Ed Lucia?
Navigation
Share your stories, sightings, thoughts, rants, raves...
Shout Out For Ed Lucia!
[in reply to George Litzenberg, Jr.] Mr. Litzenberg, I hope this gets to you. I was a young CID agent at Ft. Lee in 1968 and I had the bad fortune to pull duty over the Thanksgiving weekend. You and your family were kind enough to invite me to you home for dinner, a kindness have always remembered. I was sent to Korea (Irish luck) and finished my two year term there. I returned to the states in 1969 and as I had my law degree I ended up spending my career at PepsiCo where I was a corporate attorney. I am retired now with five children, one daughter and four sons. The reason for this email (I found you in google)from a person from your long distant past is that you are really the only FBI agent I can remember knowing and my youngest son Patrick who is 25 and a Skidmore graduate would very much like to join the bureau . Any thought would be most appreciated and once again, 41 years later, thank you for that turkey dinner. Gerry Casey academygerry@aol.com 914 715-7308.
- AUTHOR
George,
Thanks for your first hand story on Prof. Lucia. By the way, my brother-in-law
is a retired FBI special agent out of NJ office. His name is Eugene Lee. Wonder if you know him.
-Jack
Edward Lucia was married to my father's sister Helen. I remember Uncle Ed as far back as WWII when he was a company commander in U.S. Navy Boot Camp. He was a good frend and mentor. As an adult, I developed a fond respect for him and spent many wonderful days with him as we hunted, talked and shared our expierences with each other. As an FBI Agent, I marveled at his grasp of foreign and domestic affairs as regards to national security and law enforcement. We shared a common fondness for firearms and our Country. He has been gone 25 years now, but my fondness for him is everlasting. He will always be in my heart.
A cherished and adored uncle!
- AUTHOR
Coach Lucia was more than a fencing coach to me and my teammates. He gave us confidence and the skills to succeed both on the strip and in the real world. He is one of my heroes and my personal Saint as I described in my Squidbook.
-Jack Lee Epee 1974
Coach Lucia was one of the great influences in my college years at CCNY. He inspired me to excel in the sport and by extension gave encouragement to my academic endeavors. It hase been over 35 years since I left CCNY and the Varsity Fencing Team. But I cherish my memories of Coach Lucia.
When I was a freshman at the Baruch School of CCNY-Varsity Fencing team was housed there rather than at the uptown campus. I tried out for the team;Eddie rejected me, but I pushed him. He let me try out and 2 years later- I and Marty Wertleib and Elliot Mills won the ECAC IFA sabre championship.
7