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'''Vincent Churchill "Manny" McIntyre''' (c. 1918 - June 13, 2011)<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montrealgazette/obituary.aspx?n=vincent-churchill-mcintyre-manny&pid=152031993#fbLoggedOut|title=Vincent Churchill (Manny) McIntyre Obituary|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=2011-07-18|accessdate=2013-02-26}}</ref> was a professional athlete who played both [[ice hockey]] and [[baseball]].
As an ice hockey player he was a member of the "Black Aces", the first all-black [[line (ice hockey)|line]] in professional hockey,<ref name=cbc/>
In 1946, McIntyre became the first [[Black Canadians|Black Canadian]] to play professional [[baseball]],<ref name=mm/>as a [[shortstop]] for the [[Sherbrooke Canadiens]], a [[farm team]] of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]. He played in multiple leagues, and was elected to the [[New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1997.
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