Iggy Scaletta

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Written By Karina Bueckert

  • BIRTHPLACE St. Boniface, MB

  • BORN January 12, 1926

  • INDUCTED 2012

 

Iggy Scaletta was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba on January 12, 1926. Scaletta played for Frank McComb’s Midgets in 1942, the Stuart Travelers juvenile team in 1943, the Norwood senior team in 1944, and with Cornwallis’ team in the Halifax Senior League in 1945 while he was enlisted in the navy. He went on to play with Rosedale in 1946 (junior champions), the Elmwood Seniors in 1947, St. James in 1948 (senior champions, Scaletta was MVP), the St. Boniface Native Sons in 1949 and ’51 (league champions in 1951), and with Transcona (semi-finalists). Scaletta later coached the Columbus Club Juveniles (city finalists in 1947), and he umpired at many levels, including at the Pan-Am Games.

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