Eagle Interview: Harry Klaff, Brooklyn native and chief of operations for stickball league in Florida
Brooklyn native Harry Klaff is a player in the popular Wycliffe Stiffs stickball league in Wellington, Florida. Klaff was instrumental in helping his good friend Marty Ross get the league started back in 2002. Klaff, who had experience in sports management, quickly became the chief of operations for the league.
Born in 1947 in Bensonhurst at Maimonides Hospital in Borough Park, his family lived in a six-story apartment building at 8747 Bay Parkway. After graduating from Lafayette High School Klaff went to Brooklyn College where he received a Masters Degree in History. Klaff went on to teach American history at Brooklyn’s well known Tilden High School for 34 years. In 1995 Klaff received the NYC Social Studies Teacher of the Year award.
In our on-going Interview Series with some of the Brooklyn natives who retired to Florida and currently play in the Wycliffe Stiffs stickball league in Wellington Park, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle recently interviewed Harry Klaff about his teaching career, his role in the popular stickball league and, of course, his unique Brooklyn background.