C. Joseph Maney

Clement Joseph "Joe" Maney was an American businessman from Boston who was president of a contracting company and a minority owner and treasurer of the Boston Braves baseball team.

Early life Maney was born in Boston and raised in Burlington, Massachusetts. Maney attended and graduated from Boston College.

Business career

In 1929, Maney opened C. J. Maney Construction Co., Inc. The company's original offices were located at 50 Congress Street in Boston, but later moved to Lexington, Massachusetts. Projects Maney's company constructed included Boston College's Fulton Hall, the Boston College Law Library, the Roosevelt Towers housing project in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Castle Island Container Terminal. In May 1943, in an effort to draw in fans by increasing the amount of home runs at Braves Field, Maney had the park's right field fence moved in 20 feet (340 to 320 feet). The three businessmen, who were all contractors, were known as the "Three Little Steam Shovels". Maney sold his interest to Perini the following year and the club moved to Milwaukee shortly thereafter. He also had a summer home in Scituate, Massachusetts, where he raised Wire Fox Terriers which won championships in shows across the United States.

Maney was made a Knight of Malta and a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre by Pope Pius XII.

Death Maney died on January 7, 1954, at the New England Medical Center in Boston following a heart attack. He was 69 years old.