Manny McIntyre

Vincent Churchill "Manny" McIntyre (October 4, 1918 – June 13, 2011) was a Canadian professional athlete who played both ice hockey and baseball. He is an inductee of the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

McIntyre was a member of the "Black Aces", the first all-black line in professional hockey, As a child, he began playing both ice hockey and baseball. He played shinny, a form of pick-up hockey, on frozen ponds with wooden pucks.

Ice hockey career McIntyre played in the Porcupine Mines Senior Hockey League, where he was first teamed with brothers Ossie and Herb Carnegie. They formed the first recorded all black line in hockey history. The trio became known as the "Black Aces". Upon joining the QSHL they became the first all-black line in professional history. For the 1949–50 season McIntyre moved to the Moncton Hawks of the Maritime Major Hockey League (MMHL). He set a career high in goals with 36. In 1950 he was traded to the Saint John Beavers, where he moved from a winger to defence. According to the Society for International Hockey Research McIntyre compiled 187 goals, 278 assists, for 465 points in 468 games played during his career. Rochester itself was a farm team of the St. Louis Cardinals. McIntyre later became the first Black Canadian to play professional baseball, as he hit .310 with one home run and two doubles in 30 games, collecting 40 hits in 129 at bats for Sherbrooke.

Personal life After his playing career McIntyre worked at the Dorval International Airport. McIntyre died on June 13, 2011, in Candiac, Quebec, at the age of 92. McIntyre was posthumously inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, the Maritime Sport Hall of Fame in 2020, and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2021.