From L to R: David Green, Pacho Castillo, Arthur Ashe and David

David and I were tennis pros at the Doral Country Club from 1978-79. Those were fun times back then. Arthur Ashe was the Touring Pro for the Doral and it was an awesome experience  working there. 
I'm very sorry to hear of David's passing. My condolences go out to his family.

I can’t believe I am seeing this, I met David in 2019 at BSC in Lynnfield where David went every day until it shut down. We spoke for hours when we ran into each other and he will be missed! What a fun great guy. Rest in peace 

Heart is broken on hearing the news. David was the best and gave so much of himself to  everyone  who knew him . I helped him raise money for The Jimmy Fund always. He will be forever in my heart. Bobby and David  will be together on the court💕💕Nancy Brooks

I worked with David on the Jimmy Fund Council for over 20 years. Our signature event was our golf and tennis classic but it really should have been called the Golf and David classic. He literally ran that event by himself. He truly believed in the adage that if you want to get a job done right do it yourself. David was very particular regarding the way he wanted things to be done and was determined to put the best possible event on that he could. Every year he personally raised anywhere from $30-$50,000 in support of the fight against cancer. He was truly one of a kind and will be totally irreplaceable. Words can’t describe how much credit he deserves for doing so much for so many. I wish his family all the best.

Dearest Debbie and Jimmy,  We are so saddened by your incredible loss.  David was a kind, smart and incredibly caring person.  He took wonderful care of his mother, whom we all adored. His life was cut too short. He will be giving Tennis lessons in heaven.

I’m still in disbelief that you have passed 
I will miss you Dave. We had such fun on the courts and off! You  were a wise man!Rest In Peace, dear friend! 
Heaven is blessed to have you.
God speed,
Pammy

To Debbie, Claire and family et Al,
The service today was lovely.
Please accept my deepest sympathy and condolences. Dave was a wonderful guy. He tried so hard to turn me into a good tennis player!!! I’m better because of him!
We had a lot of fun on the  court and gabbing and gabbing and gabbing …
He was a great friend and very wise! I probably should have taken more of his unsolicited advice! I will miss him.
It won’t be the same without him always at the courts to help me wrap my ankle.  stop by for a friendly chat , hang together at the Cary Club tournaments while he critiqued his players’tennis, prep for them with pre game lessons and strategy sessions,
buy a racquet- he always knew just the one I’d love and how to string it perfectly!
He was the best!
God bless,
Pam Spinney Duncan

I am in shock over Dave’s passing! Knowing him since Peabody High, the world has taken a great loss!
Dave please carry on in Heaven! We will never forget you!❤️😢

My condolences to all of David's family and friends.  I knew David for almost 25 years through the Nahant Country Club.  Over the years David was so helpful with the club and teaching tennis to players of all level of abilities and age groups.
Not only did David help me as a tennis player, he also mentored me as a tennis coach by allowing me to assist him teaching at the club. I still use his quote "perfect practice makes perfect" and his tennis instruction knowledge coaching my tennis team all the time.
His work with the Jimmy Fund is an example of his generosity.
I will miss our conversations about movies, sports (especially the highs and lows of the local teams) and most of all our friendship.
It was an honor to know David as a coach, teacher, and friend.
Michael Flynn


Dave and I had great times working together on photo shoots.  A wonderful human being with great values who didn't take "the biz" too seriously. He always knew what was important in life.  He will be sorely missed.  Liz xo

On behalf of the Jimmy Fund, I'd like to send our deepest sympathies  to David's family and friends.  As everyone knows, he was a longtime  supporter of the Jimmy Fund and we are so appreciative for his generosity and tenacity in raising much needed funds for cancer research for so long.  His tennis event was one-of-a-kind and he'll always be remembered as a wonderful friend to the Jimmy Fund and the patients and families of Dana-Farber.  We were so saddened to hear of his passing and will keep him in our thoughts always.  Thanks for everything, Dave!



I was an instructor at Emerson Park and David would come to play tennis as a boy. Later in life we’d cross paths in Peabody or at tennis facilities. He was a great player and person. I send my condolences to his family.
Ginny Donovan Ryan





I remember David from my childhood. My siblings and I grew up on Kosciusko Street, around the corner from the Altshuler family on Elsworth Road. David was part of a group of kids around the same age  as us. In the summer, we played Red Rover and Kickball in the wide middle of Kosciusko Street.  He and I often argued and teased each other, especially during the  thrice weekly carpools to Hebrew School at the old Community Center on Washington Street. In later years he frequently played tennis with my Dad (of blessed memory) in the Emerson Park tennis courts.  

My sympathy goes out to Debbie and the rest of his family.



Friends

Elisabeth and I feel privileged to have known Dave as a friend and coach of our boys decades ago. Whatever they know about tennis is due to Dave. He also prevailed upon them to sweep courts in a way that didn't accumulate Har Tru in the middle. They loved that!
We will remember Dave at the Annual Meeting of the Nahant Tennis Club next week. He has many good friends amongst our membership and has contributed much to tennis in our town. 
We will miss you, Dave. 

Debbie,
I was so sorry to hear about David!   It’s been many years since I saw him, or you!
Sincere condolences

Susie Shoer

Dear Debbie, Jimmy , Family/ friends …
My heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathy to all…. 
My heart is broken … it’s beyond comprehension and surreal that David has passed away…. We go back to childhood …Sharing a lifetime of memories … from “ little David “ to the giant of a man he became….And all the lives he touched along the way!! Our group …life long Peabody friends …all maintained our love and connection throughout the years …with distance in mileage only ! David and I had an additional bond of love …for our beloved Red Sox!  Of course we discussed what could have / should have been done … as we were the better / more knowledgeable coaches !!  To know him was to love him ….he will be missed and in my heart …. Forever 


Devasted.💜💜 3 weeks too late. My heart breaking right now for u. Keep hitting with the angels up there Dave.x
After 25 yrs of leaving Boston/USA I was returning in 3 weeks to visit my host family & beautiful kids Schulyer & Sammy who Dave taught on Nahant Island. I was their Australian Aupair & had communicated with Dave over the years and moreso recently to advise of my upcoming visit. We were going to catch up for a drink at Maddis for old times sake in 3 weeks. Sadly this will not happen. Just gutted. Such a beam of light u were & the work you have done over many years will never be forgotten. I'll keep my 25 year old memories of u alive & we will honour u on my return soon. Lots of love for u Dave. Tania & Skyla.x

How does one remember a person who was in many respects my best friend – essentially another brother to me – for nearly 50 years.  Our friendship began with having desks next to one another in an office at Northeastern and with that simple beginning grew from there.  For the next 50 years we shared so much – from the mundane (the trials and tribulations of our sports teams) to heartbreak (the deaths of our parents) to fun (skipping out in the middle of a class to go to a Red Sox game) to  joy (my marriage, the births of my children, and his Jimmy Fund activities and award).    
David taught tennis but I recall him doing so much more than that on the court, especially with young players.  He wanted to make sure that they were receiving life lessons and growing as people.  He took every day as an opportunity to make that happen.
Although the geographical distance between us became great, we never grew apart.  He made sure we never lost touch and that our friendship continued to grow.  He or I would call at least every other week and we would talk for hours (literally) about everything:  sharing advice and opinions on sports (of course), politics, religion, economy, products, and so much more.  His humor in those calls was infectious and he made those calls memorable.  I will miss – but always treasure – them.
In short, if there is a heaven, David is there now, for he was a truly good person.  They don’t make them any better.  


Our deepest sympathies for David's friends and family. We were shocked and saddened to hear of his passing.
The Vecchio Family

I wish to express to Dave's family and friends my heartfelt sympathies for your loss. It has been a 45 year journey with my friend Dave. 

We were drawn together by our love of the game  of tennis, which in many ways is a Way of Life. We are all blessed to have Dave in our life teaching us fundamentals of tennis and by extension life. He was "the oldest brother"  I wanted and I let him know that. 

I will honor my friend this Friday morning at Balboa Tennis Courts where Dave played at least once. I will tell people there of my close friend Dave .

God Bless Dave and God Bless Dave's family and friends.

Brian Farmer 

I got to know David when I first moved to Nahant.  He introduced himself as "the guy who returned serves for Jimmy Connors".   I took tennis lessons with him for years, and in the meantime, he became a good friend.  His tennis instruction was famous for the "Altshuler technique" which was rigorous and disciplined, and turned all of us into better players.  A superb athlete himself, Dave loved to exhaust his students with cardio tennis.  To buy time to catch my breath, I would get Dave talking about New England sports, or listen to stories of his second life as a model and extra in movies.  He was a great conversationalist and had many tales to tell.

Dave was a force of nature and his lively presence at the clay courts in Nahant seemed as certain as the seasons.  I will miss him.  Those of us who knew him as both a friend and teacher are better for it.  

My sincere condolences go out to his family for their loss.

David    Thank you for 22 years of  tennis lessons.   Clearly I haven't retained half of what you taught me but you taught me a lot.  I always new where i was going to be on Saturday or Sunday mornings during tennis season .   I admired your commitment to the Jimmy Fund and I will miss our physical fitness discussions for older guys.  

Rest in peace my friend and i will always try to toss my service ball higher.

Carl 

I am very sadden by the news today learning of David's Passing.  I wanted to share that I met David in my 20's and he has been a fabulous friend for over 30 years.  I would take lessons at BSC for hours try to perfect my serve. Hours of Tennis Lessons in all types of weather, did not matter to David 100 degrees to 50 Degrees.
David was about perfect, doing the right thing, always being a good friend, offering good advise and taking the time no matter when you called him.  I am grateful to have known David he touched my life with great deal of happiness.
We will miss you David! Love Nikki Martin

David will be GREATLY missed.  He was an amazing athlete all of his life matched only by his love of life and loyalty to his friends.  He always made time for others and he taught countless tennis students who went on to be not only better tennis players but better people for having known him.  He had a great sense of humor.  He went the extra mile for others.  He lived his life so fully and undoubtedly has made a lasting difference.  His " word was his bond".   We are grateful to the time spent , the true friendship, and wonderful memories.  My heartfelt condolences to David's family during this time and I hope you will be comforted in knowing how loved David is by many. 

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