Philadelphia High School Basketball
Public
League Winners, Year by Year
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| YR. | SCHOOL | COACH | LEAG. | OVER. |
| '01 | Central | |||
| '02 | Central | |||
| '03 | Central | |||
| '04 | Central | |||
| '05 | Central | |||
| '06 | Northeast | |||
| '07 | Central | |||
| '08 | Central | |||
| '09 | Central | |||
| '10 | Central | |||
| '11 | Central | |||
| '12 | Northeast | |||
| '13 | Central | |||
| '14 | Southern | |||
| '15 | Northeast | |||
| '16 | Central | |||
| '17 | Southern | Mike Saxe/Ker | ||
| '18 | Northeast | Oscar Gerney | ||
| '19 | West Phila. | Warren Weiler | ||
| '20 | Southern | Dr. Richard Ker | ||
| '21 | West Phila. | Warren Weiler | ||
| '22 | Southern | Grover Mueller | ||
| '23 | West Phila. | Warren Weiler | ||
| '24 | West Phila. | Warren Weiler | 10-0 | |
| '25 | Southern | Grover Mueller | 10-0 | |
| '26 | Southern | Grover Mueller | 8-2 | |
| '27 | Northeast | Jim Thornton | 9-1 | |
| '28 | West Phila. | Ben Stackowski | 5-1 | |
| '29 | Northeast | Jim Thornton | 11-1 | |
| '30 | Southern | Ziddie Trautwein | 11-3 | |
| '31 | Overbrook | Warren Weiler | 7-1 | |
| '32 | Central | Reds Lewis | 8-0 | |
| '33 | Southern | Ziddie Trautwein | 6-0 | |
| '34 | Gratz | Jim Thornton | 7-1 | |
| Overbrook | Warren Weiler | 7-1 | ||
| West Phila. | Ben Stackowski | 7-1 | ||
| '35 | Overbrook | Warren Weiler | 7-1 | |
| '36 | Southern | Ziddie Trautwein | 9-0 | |
| '37 | Southern | Ziddie Trautwein | 9-0 | |
| '38 | Southern | Ziddie Trautwein | 8-1 | |
| '39 | Gratz | George Shegog | 8-1 | |
| '40 | Southern | Dr. Richard Ker | 9-1 | |
| '41 | West Phila. | Ben Stackowski | 10-1 | |
| '42 | West Phila. | Ben Stackowski | 10-1 | |
| '43 | West Phila. | Ben Stackowski | 10-1 | |
| '44 | Bartram | Menchy Goldblatt | 11-0 | |
| '45 | Southern | Dave Dabrow | 10-1 | |
| '46 | Southern | Dave Dabrow | 12-2 | |
| '47 | Bartram | Menchy Goldblatt | 13-1 | |
| '48 | Overbrook | Warren Weiler | 13-1 | |
| '49 | Overbrook | Sam Cozen | 11-3 | |
| '50 | Overbrook | Sam Cozen | 13-1 | 18-4 |
| '51 | West Phila. | Doug Connelly | 13-2 | 17-4 |
| '52 | Franklin | Bill Nelson | 6-3 | 11-8 |
| '53 | Overbrook | Sam Cozen | 11-1 | 21-2 |
| '54 | Overbrook | Cecil Mosenson | 12-0 | 20-0 |
| '55 | Overbrook | Cecil Mosenson | 12-0 | 18-1 |
| '56 | West Phila. | Doug Connelly | 12-0 | 17-1 |
| '57 | Overbrook | Paul Ward | 11-1 | 20-1 |
| '58 | Overbrook | Paul Ward | 13-0 | 22-0 |
| '59 | Overbrook | Paul Ward | 16-0 | 23-1 |
| '60 | West Phila. | Doug Connelly | 16-0 | 24-1 |
| '61 | Bartram | Tony Coma | 11-1 | 19-4 |
| '62 | West Phila. | Doug Connelly | 9-3 | 20-3 |
| '63 | West Phila. | Doug Connelly | 10-2 | 23-2 |
| '64 | Germantown | Bill Nelson | 11-2 | 18-3 |
| '65 | Lincoln | Harry Silcox | 14-0 | 26-1 |
| '66 | Edison | Ed D'Andrea | 12-2 | 19-4 |
| '67 | Overbrook | Paul Ward | 14-0 | 21-2 |
| '68 | West Phila. | Doug Connelly | 13-1 | 19-3 |
| '69 | Edison | Ed D'Andrea | 13-1 | 19-3 |
| '70 | Overbrook | Paul Ward | 13-1 | 22-2 |
| '71 | Overbrook | Paul Ward | 10-2 | 20-4 |
| '72 | Bartram | Jack Farrell | 11-3 | 18-6 |
| '73 | *Gratz | Lionel Hoye (PL) | 1-1 | |
| Tee Shields (HL) | 8-2 | 17-4 | ||
| '74 | West Phila. | Joe Goldenberg | 10-3 | 17-5 |
| '75 | West Phila. | Joe Goldenberg | 14-0 | 25-0 |
| '76 | West Phila. | Joe Goldenberg | 13-0 | 24-2 |
| '77 | West Phila. | Joe Goldenberg | 14-0 | 30-0 |
| '78 | West Phila. | Joe Goldenberg | 14-1 | 33-1 |
| '79 | Overbrook | Max Levin | 14-1 | 34-1 |
| '80 | Overbrook | Max Levin | 14-0 | 34-0 |
| '81 | Franklin | Ken Hamilton | 16-0 | 27-2 |
| '82 | Mastbaum | Bones Schneider | 13-0 | 27-1 |
| '83 | Overbrook | Max Levin | 6-2 | 21-5 |
| '84 | Franklin | Ken Hamilton | 13-0 | 27-1 |
| '85 | Dobbins | Rich Yankowitz | 13-0 | 28-2 |
| '86 | Southern | Mitch Schneider | 13-0 | 25-1 |
| '87 | Southern | Mitch Schneider | 13-0 | 25-1 |
| '88 | Frankford | Vince Miller | 13-0 | 24-1 |
| '89 | Frankford | Vince Miller | 13-0 | 25-1 |
| '90 | Gratz | Bill Ellerbee | 13-0 | 26-4 |
| '91 | Gratz | Bill Ellerbee | 10-0 | 27-1 |
| '92 | Franklin LC | Pete Merlino | 11-0 | 24-2 |
| '93 | Gratz | Bill Ellerbee | 11-0 | 31-0 |
| '94 | #Gratz | Bill Ellerbee | 11-0 | 27-3 |
| '95 | Univ. City | Steve Kane | 11-0 | 22-2 |
| '96 | Edison | Howard Ratinoff | 14-1 | 21-3 |
| '97 | Gratz | Bill Ellerbee | 16-0 | 24-5 |
| '98 | Franklin | Ken Hamilton | 11-2 | 17-6 |
| '99 | Franklin | Ken Hamilton | 12-1 | 23-2 |
| '00 | Straw. Mansion | Gerald Hendricks | 13-0 | 24-3 |
| '01 | Gratz | Bill Ellerbee | 15-0 | 24-3 |
| '02 | Straw. Mansion | Gerald Hendricks | 13-0 | 24-4 |
| '03 | Bartram | Lou Biester | 12-1 | 24-4 |
| '04 | Gratz | Leonard Poole | 13-0 | 25-3 |
| '05 | Central | Haviland Harper | 14-0 | 26-3 |
| '06 | Gratz | Leonard Poole | 14-0 | 24-5 |
| '07 | Prep Charter | Dan Brinkley | 10-0 | 27-4 |
| '08 | Comm. Tech | Lou Biester | 14-1 | 28-4 |
| '09 | Imhotep Charter | Andre Noble | 14-0 | 32-1 |
| '10 | Imhotep Charter | Andre Noble | 14-2 | 25-6 |
| '11 | Imhotep Charter | Andre Noble | 11-0 | 31-3 |
| '12 | Constitution | Rob Moore | 8-3 | 23-9 |
| '13 | Imhotep | Andre Noble | 9-2 | 28-5 |
| '14 | King | Sean Colson | 7-3 | 24-6 |
| '15 | Imhotep | Andre Noble | 6-4 | 22-10 |
| *-Sonny Hill Winter League replaced PL after teachers struck | ||||
| #-FLC forfeited title for using ineligible players. | ||||
MOST TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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NO. |
SCHOOL |
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| 20 | *West Phila. | |||
| 18 | *Overbrook | |||
| 16 | Southern | |||
| 14 | Central | |||
| 11 | *Gratz | |||
| * -- shared title in 1934. | ||||
MOST COACHING CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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(Since 1917) |
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NO. |
NAME |
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| 8 | Warren Weiler (*West/Overbrook; four apiece) | |||
| 6 | Doug Connelly (West Phila.) | |||
| 6 | Paul Ward (Overbrook) | |||
| 6 | Bill Ellerbee (Gratz) | |||
| * -- shared title in 1934 | ||||