The Public Schools Athletic League, known by the abbreviation PSAL, is an organization that promotes student athletics in the public schools of

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. It was founded in 1903 to provide and maintain a sports program for students enrolled in New York City public schools. It is the oldest and largest sports league in the United States. The PSAL serves both boys and girls. The PSAL holds competitions in a wide range of indoor and outdoor sports in fall, winter and spring seasons. In 2007, the league included 185 schools involving nearly 2,400 teams. During the 2014–15 school year, the PSAL distributed approximately $27 million to fund over 45,000 student-athletes at hundreds of New York City schools.

Early history

The genesis of the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) came from the appointment in early 1903 of Luther Halsey Gulick as director of physical training for the New York public school system. Compared to other major cities, the athletics program for the New York boroughs were backwards, underdeveloped, and rife with corruption. Gulick found "semi-truant" boys playing baseball for schools they did not attend, and that there was much unsportsmanlike conduct and dishonesty on the playing fields. Only a small percentage of actual students participated in athletics. He saw a serious need for reform and devised a grandiose plan to form a new league—the PSAL—that would involve most of the student population, grade school and high school, and working with two influential New Yorkers—General George W. Wingate (a member of the City Board of Education) and James E. Sullivan (secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union)—presented it in October 1903 to the superintendent of schools, William H. Maxwell. He, with the concurrence of the school board, approved of Gulick's plan. Although the PSAL received sanction by the board of education, it was set up as a private corporation that would not receive public tax money. The founders of the league recruited the businessmen of New York City to serve on the league's board of directors and also become paying members of the league, and also solicited contributions from prominent benefactors. The league was organized into 22 districts (expanded to 25 by 1910), in which each district league administered athletic programs for elementary and high schools within their district. One member of each district league served on the Elementary Games committee and one member of each district league served on the High School Games committee. These committees governed all general matters pertaining to the league. Championships were held at the district, borough, and city levels. By 1914, the Board of Education was fully funding the PSAL. The league began with an athletic extravaganza held at

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on December 26, 1903. It involved 1,040 boys, mostly elementary school students, in basketball and track and field events. Among the high schools, Commerce won the track and field meet and Flushing won the basketball tournament. In the spring, the league held its first outdoor high school track and field championship, won by Brooklyn Boys. Each year thereafter the high school league expanded by adding citywide championships in additional sports. In the school year of 1906–07, cross country and soccer was added, and the 1907–08 school year saw the addition of rifle marksmanship, swimming, tennis, and baseball. The expanded activity of the PSAL served to kill off all the previous leagues by 1908. Rowing was added in the spring of 1907, and several schools, mainly Commerce and Clinton, competed each Memorial Day in the Harlem Regatta. The schools had difficulty getting the use of shells, however, and in 1915 the PSAL withdrew sponsorship. In the 1909–10, lacrosse was added and, after World War I, golf, handball, fall rifle marksmanship, and ice hockey were added. Football was not a part of the league's program in its early years. The PSAL chose not to sponsor football, because the intent of the league was to involve the average athlete in athletics, and football was considered a sport for athletic elites. The Long Island, Metropolitan, and various borough leagues continued to run the football championships for a couple or so years. In the fall of 1905, the New York newspapers began crowning schools with the titular "Greater New York" championship in football. This procedure lasted until about the fall of 1913, when the number of football contenders made it impossible to schedule sufficient games to decide on one champion. Finally, the PSAL began sponsoring football competition by boroughs in the fall of 1919, but no official championships were recognized. The newspapers crowned the borough champions in football. The premier athletic powers in the league were spread over the boroughs and in the different sports. In the Bronx one of the premier powers was DeWitt Clinton, which took more than its share of trophies in the basketball, swimming, track and field, tennis, and football. In Manhattan was Stuyvesant, which rivaled Clinton in basketball, swimming, and track and field, and Commerce, which rivaled Clinton in basketball and football. Townsend Harris produced more than its share of swimming championships. In Brooklyn, Manual Training succeeded Long Island League alumnus Brooklyn Boys' as the borough's power. Another Long Island League alumnus, Erasmus Hall, emerged as a football and swimming power. In the 1920s, New Utrecht take most of the indoor and outdoor titles. Queens produced Jamaica (in ice hockey and rifle marksmanship), Richmond Hill (in golf), and Flushing (in cross country and track and field). Besides Clinton, the Bronx could boast of Morris, which dominated rifle marksmanship early on and took several national championships, and also did well in soccer and tennis. Evander Childs did well in golf, rifle, swimming, and tennis. On Staten Island (Richmond Borough), Curtis became a power in cross country, golf, and soccer. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, new athletic powers came, such as Jefferson, Textile,

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, Monroe, and Madison. Handball and fencing were added to the league program. The

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of the 1930s cut somewhat into the PSAL program, and some sports were discontinued.

Sports programs

The following is a list of the sports that the PSAL currently runs under its program.

Boys

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) * Cross Country *

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;Winter Sports *

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;Spring Sports *

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Girls

;Fall Sports *

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) * Cross Country *

* Multiple Pathways League (MPL)

;Winter Sports *

* MPL

(Co-Ed) ;Spring Sports *

(Co-Ed) *

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Equitable access disputes

In August 2006,

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released a report titled "Making the Team: Gender Inequality in New York City PSAL Sports Teams." The report stated "all types of high schools favored boys sport teams opportunities" and that "the PSAL sports schedule discriminated against girls." It also stated that several women's sports were scheduled during the "off-season" of that sport, while the men's counterparts played during the traditional season. The report alleged that the PSAL was in violation of

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of the

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. In 2009 the PSAL moved girls' soccer from the spring to the fall season, lining up with the boys' soccer season, after the threat of a lawsuit from the

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on behalf of three athletes. In 2010, the

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filed a lawsuit with the

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of the

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, claiming that the NYCDOE provided inadequate opportunities for female high school sports compared to those for males. The complaint alleged many public high schools in the city did not offer any girls teams in several sports, a violation of Title IX. Other urban school districts involved in the suit included those of

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. In 2015, the ensuing federal investigation concluded that the NYCDOE violated Title IX by failing to provide an equal opportunity for female students to participate in sports. In May 2014, the founder of the Small Schools Athletic League, David Garcia-Rosen, filed a

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complaint with the

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against the PSAL, alleging that they were in violation of Title XI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The complaint included dozens of charts that illustrated students who attend schools with the highest percentages of students of color had the fewest opportunities to participate in PSAL sports, while the schools with the most white students had as many as 44 PSAL teams. ''

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'' called the PSAL's response to this complaint a "statistical delusion." At a May 28, 2014, City Council budget hearing, 100 students wearing jerseys inside out presented Deputy Chancellor Grimm with thousands of petitions demanding equitable access to the PSAL for students of color. In November 2014, Garcia-Rosen filed a second complaint with the US Department of Education's

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alleging that the PSAL continued to violate Title XI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by not providing students of color with equitable access to a diverse range of PSAL sports teams. On November 20, 2014, student-athlete Jason Puello sued the PSAL in

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, alleging that the PSAL's age rules are "arbitrary and capricious."Set Back by Hardship, a Student Athlete Runs Up Against an Age Restriction - The New York Times
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Notable PSAL alumni

Listed below are PSAL students who are/were involved in professional or college athletics. Adali E. Stevenson High School *

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Wolverines *

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(1947) – chess grandmaster *

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(1989) – professional pool player, No. 1 ranked female pool player in the world * Wolf Wigo (1991) – water polo player and coach, 2× NCAA champion * Benjamin (Benji) Ungar (2004) – NCAA champion fencer

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Explorers *

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(1990) – former MLB player for the

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* Johnny Monell (2004) – former MLB player for the

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Governors *

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Member *

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(1918) – former NFL player *

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(1919) – former basketball player and coach of the

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* George Gregory Jr. (1927) – played college basketball for

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, first black basketball player to be selected as an All American *

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(1927) – swimmer, Olympic Gold Medalist *

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(1928) – played college basketball for

, member of the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame *

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(1934) – professional basketball player, 1942 ABL Champion *

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(1935) – former MLB player, 5× World Series Champion *

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(1937) – former NBA player * Ben Auerbach (1937) – professional basketball player *

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(1938) – former NBA player for the

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(1945) – former NBA player,

member *

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(1960) – professional weightlifter and shot-putter, Olympian *

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(1964) – former ABA and

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player *

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(1964) – former ABA player, 1966 NCAA Champion *

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(1966) – former NBA player,

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Mustangs *

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(1980) – former MLB player, joined the NYPD after his MLB career *

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(1984) – former NBA player and current college coach Herbert H. Lehman High School Lions *

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(1981) – former MLB player, 6× MLB All Star and 1987 World Series Champion *

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James Monroe High School *

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(1929) – former MLB player,

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* Mickey Rutner (1937) – former MLB player for the

Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, they became the Oakland ...

Lennie Rosenbluth Leonard Robert Rosenbluth (January 22, 1933 – June 18, 2022) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), but he is remembered, first and foremost, for his college basketball player days. He play ...

(1952) – former NBA player, 1957 NCAA Champion *

Ed Kranepool Edward Emil Kranepool III (November 8, 1944 – September 8, 2024) was an American professional baseball player. He spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the New York Mets. He was predominantly a first baseman, but he also played in ...

(1962) – former MLB player, 1× All Star and 1969 World Series Champion * Dan Monzon (1964) – former MLB player for the

Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team is named afte ...

Ellie Rodríguez Eliseo Rodríguez Delgado (born May 24, 1946) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1968 to 1976 for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, a ...

(1966) – former MLB player, 2× All Star *

Wilbur Young Wilbur Eugene Young, Jr. (April 20, 1949 – July 5, 2014) was an American professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, and Washington Redskins. He ...

(1967) – former NFL player *

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(1984) – former NFL player *

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(1988) – former professional basketball player in the Dominican Republic, street ball player John F. Kennedy High School *

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(1977) – former NBA player * Miguel Jimenez (1987) – former MLB player for the

Angel Estrada Angel Estrada (born March 12, 1978, from Bronx, New York) is a former American football wide receiver and defensive back for the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League. He played college football at West Virginia University. High school Es ...

(2000) – former Arena Football League player *

Stephfon Green Stephfon P. Green (born May 28, 1989) is a former American football running back. Early years Green attended John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx where he was coached by Alex Vega. He played tailback and safety and was named as a first team ...

(2007) – former NFL player * Dwight Hardy (2007) – former basketball player, played in Italy and Turkey *

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(2007) – former soccer player Morris High School * Jack Coffey (1905) – former MLB player and college coach *

Bernard Opper Bernard Opper (September 1, 1915 – February 24, 2000) was an All-American basketball player at Kentucky and then professional player in the National Basketball League and American Basketball League. Early life Opper was a native of the Bronx ...

(1935) – former NBL and ABL player, 2× ABL Champion *

Chris Eubank Christopher Livingstone Eubank (also Christopher Livingstone Eubank Sr. born 8 August 1966) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight and super-middlewei ...

(1984) – boxer, former WBO Middleweight and super-middleweight champion Theodore Roosevelt High School Rough Riders *

Rocky Colavito Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito Jr. (August 10, 1933 – December 10, 2024) was an American professional baseball player, coach, and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1955 to 1968, most prom ...

(dropped out in 1947) – former MLB player, 9× MLB All Star *

Ben Oglivie Benjamin Ambrosio Oglivie Palmer (born February 11, 1949) is a Panamanian former professional baseball left fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox (1971–1973), Detroit Tigers (1974–1977), and Milwaukee Brew ...

(1967) – former MLB player, 3× MLB All Star *

Sammy Mejía Samuel José Mejía (born February 7, 1983) is a Dominican American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball at DePaul University. Standing at , he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Amateur caree ...

(2000) – former basketball player, Drafted by the

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), East ...

in 2007 William Howard Taft High School *

Irwin Dambrot Irwin Dambrot (May 24, 1928 – January 21, 2010) was an American basketball player, best known for his college career at the City College of New York. Early life Dambrot was born in the Bronx and attended William Howard Taft High School in the ...

(1946) – former college basketball player, first round pick by the

* Ed Roman (1948) – former college basketball player, banned for life by the

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

* Joe Hammond – former basketball player, drafted by the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

* Artie Green (1979) – former basketball player, drafted by the

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), East ...

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