From Hall of Honor press release dated Sept. 28, 1997:

Peter Lizza is one of the great Tiger athletes of the 1940s whose career was interrupted by military service in World War II.

He played football, basketball, and baseball and excelled in all three. He left Wittenberg in 1942 and returned in 1946 to complete his education. In fact, he was playing in a Wittenberg football uniform at age 29.

A lifetime resident of Springfield and Catholic Central graduate, Lizza served for years as superintendent of distribution of the Springfield Water Department, retiring in 1978.

While a student at Wittenberg, Lizza was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

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