| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 7, 1929 Montreal,Quebec, Canada |
| Died | March 11, 2012(2012-03-11) (aged 83) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Career information | |
| College | none -High School of Montreal |
| Career history | |
| 1946–1950 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1950–1951 | Montreal Canadiens -NHL |
| 1952–1953 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1954 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Awards and highlights | |
Thomas Timothy Manastersky (March 7, 1929 – March 11, 2012) was a Canadian athlete. He playedCanadian football andice hockey. He played in theCanadian Football League as ahalfback with theMontreal Alouettes andSaskatchewan Roughriders, the youngest player in CFL history. He won the1949 Grey Cup with the Alouettes. He also played 6 games in theNational Hockey League with theMontreal Canadiens during the1950–51 season.
Turning professional right out of high school, Manastersky played 6 seasons and 68 regular season games for his hometownMontreal Alouettes. The high point of his football career was being part of the Alouettes' firstGrey Cup in 1949. He finished his career playing for theSaskatchewan Roughriders in 1954.[1]
He was a two-sport professional athlete. He had played hockey for theMontreal Royals,Cincinnati Mohawks, andVictoria Cougars in the minor leagues, but in the1950–51 NHL season he got called up. A bigdefenceman, he played six games for theMontreal Canadiens, recording 11 penalty minutes.
He died on March 11, 2012, following a lengthy illness.[2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1944–45 | High School of Montreal | HS-CA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | ||
| 1946–47 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||
| 1948–49 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | ||
| 1948–49 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | Montreal Junior Royals | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 67 | ||
| 1949–50 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| 1950–51 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Vancouver Canucks | PCHL | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Cincinnati Mohawks | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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