There are six athletic associations for schools for the Deaf in the United States. They are: Central, Eastern I, Eastern II, Mason-Dixon, New England and Western. The Eastern Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association (ESDAA) was one of the first to be organized. In 1927, Fred Moore, a teacher at the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf in New Jersey, organized the boy’s basketball tournament. The ten participating schools in this first special event included: Kendall, Fanwood, Pennsylvania, American, New Jersey, St. Joseph’s , Lexington, Virginia and Maryland. The Katzenbach School emerged as the champion of the tournament.
Actually, the first six such tournaments were not sponsored by any one group. It was left to George Harlow, athletic director of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, to suggest and organize the necessary support structure for what we now know as the ESDAA. The first ESDAA-sponsored boys’ tournament was held at the Lexington School for the Deaf in New York the trophy presented to the winner of the ESDAA tournament is known as the George Harlow Trophy. The winning team keeps this trophy for one year and passes it on to the winner the following year. Hence, it is called a “traveling trophy”.
Actually, the first six such tournaments were not sponsored by any one group. It was left to George Harlow, athletic director of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, to suggest and organize the necessary support structure for what we now know as the ESDAA. The first ESDAA-sponsored boys’ tournament was held at the Lexington School for the Deaf in New York the trophy presented to the winner of the ESDAA tournament is known as the George Harlow Trophy. The winning team keeps this trophy for one year and passes it on to the winner the following year. Hence, it is called a “traveling trophy”.
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