11:46 PM, September 22, 2009 ι By Marc Raimondi
Flushing and Erasmus Hall are two of the most historic institutions in New York City.
Flushing, founded in 1875, is the oldest public high school in the Big Apple, and Erasmus, which was originally private, was the first secondary school to be approved by the New York State Board of Regents after being founded in 1786. Both schools have rich athletic histories in the PSAL going back to the early 1900s.
Why should you care?
Well, both schools’ football teams are having renaissance seasons in 2009 and that’s cool to see, especially how it has been done in each case.
Erasmus was a Level 3 also-ran earlier this decade when the school was going through a restructuring. Now it’s officially called Erasmus Hall Campus and it’s broken up into multiple, smaller schools in the same building.
A change like that can absolutely gut a football team, but coach Danny Landberg stuck with it. He now has one of the best teams in the city at 3-0. The argument can be made it is the most explosive with guys like Wayne Morgan, Omari Matthews and Shaquell Jackson. Landberg, who is a former John F. Kennedy assistant coach, has transformed the Dutchmen into a legitimate PSAL championship contender.
Read more at: http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/marc_raimondi/kickin_it_old_school_erasmus_flushing_BM3qSQy9LqHd5k58AYt9MN
Flushing and Erasmus Hall are two of the most historic institutions in New York City.
Flushing, founded in 1875, is the oldest public high school in the Big Apple, and Erasmus, which was originally private, was the first secondary school to be approved by the New York State Board of Regents after being founded in 1786. Both schools have rich athletic histories in the PSAL going back to the early 1900s.
Why should you care?
Well, both schools’ football teams are having renaissance seasons in 2009 and that’s cool to see, especially how it has been done in each case.
Erasmus was a Level 3 also-ran earlier this decade when the school was going through a restructuring. Now it’s officially called Erasmus Hall Campus and it’s broken up into multiple, smaller schools in the same building.
A change like that can absolutely gut a football team, but coach Danny Landberg stuck with it. He now has one of the best teams in the city at 3-0. The argument can be made it is the most explosive with guys like Wayne Morgan, Omari Matthews and Shaquell Jackson. Landberg, who is a former John F. Kennedy assistant coach, has transformed the Dutchmen into a legitimate PSAL championship contender.
Read more at: http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/marc_raimondi/kickin_it_old_school_erasmus_flushing_BM3qSQy9LqHd5k58AYt9MN
Check out an article from the New York Times (October 31, 1920) about a Flushing vs Erasmus game:
"FLUSHING AND ERASMUS TIE"
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