Buddy Cusack (back left), Jiggs Seaman, John Marino, Joe Darcy Sr., Joe "Babe" Darcy  Jr., Ed Elliott and Jim Darcy (back right) organized Staten Island's first Little League. 

They also built the Hy Turkin Field complex in Dongan Hills and blazed a trail for all of the Island's Little Leagues, championship teams and thousands of kids who followed.