Raymond Asselstine

Player
Written By Karina Bueckert

  • BIRTHPLACE Hamiota, MB

  • BORN September 7, 1930

  • INDUCTED 2000

Raymond Asselstine was born in Hamiota, Manitoba on September 7, 1930. Asselstine was an outstanding pitcher who threw with speed and an awesome curve. He started pitching senior ball with McConnell at 15 years old and was soon hired by Wapella, Saskatchewan to pitch in 1949 and 1950. Asselstine went with an area team to a junior tournament at Fort Qu’Appelle, and pitched semi-final and final against Regina and Saskatoon. Asselstine was named all-star third baseman at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, in 1954. He started coaching at Beulah in 1958. His Bantam team won the Western Manitoba title in 1965 and 1966, and some players from this team even went on to help Hamiota win the Manitoba Midget crown in 1967.

 
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