#ACE OF SPADES GAME IN NOVA SCOTIA PRO#
Lous Cardinals, just six weeks after baseball legend Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier in pro baseball in a minor league game with the Montreal Royals. McIntyre signed on as a shortstop with the SherbrookeĬanadians, the farm team of the St.
McIntyre then made history on when he became the first Black Canadian to sign a professional baseball contract. McIntyre was named the league’s Most Valuable Player and the Most Popular Player. In 1944, he and the Shipyards won the Halifax Defence Baseball League championship. The regular season and 0.488 during the playoffs. He then joined the Truro Bearcats of the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League.Īfter being medically discharged from the Canadian Army in 1943, McIntyre played for the Halifax Shipyards of the Halifax Defence Baseball League. A superb athlete, McIntyre was equally at home on the ball diamond or hockey rink.” Baseball CareerĪfter his time with the Fredericton Capitals, McIntyre played with the Devon Tigers of the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League in 1939. Howell writes that McIntyre “was quickly recognized as one of the finest all-aroundīallplayers in the region. In his book, Northern Sandlots: A Social History of Maritime Baseball, Colin D. Played with the Fredericton Capitals in the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League. McIntyre played for his Fredericton high school baseball team, which he led to the Maritime high school baseball championships in 1938. McIntyre loved hockey and baseball and began playing the two sports as a child. When he was a boy, McIntyre’s family moved north of Fredericton to the community of Devon.
He was one of six siblings born to Edward and Vincent McIntyre was born in Gagetown, New Brunswick.
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