Born in Mille Roches, Ontario, Manson first played professionally for the local Cornwall Hockey Club in the Federal Amateur Hockey League in 1906–07.
Major League Baseball | National Football League | National Hockey League | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | UEFA Champions League | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Federal Communications Commission | Premier League | Australian Football League | rugby league | Major League Soccer | Federal Aviation Administration | National League | League of Nations | United States federal judge | UEFA Europa League | American League | Canadian Football League | Arena Football League | the Football League | American Hockey League | Federal government of the United States | field hockey | Bulgarian Hockey League | Football League First Division | Football League Second Division | minor league baseball | Champions League | Super League | New Zealand Māori rugby league team |
McCourt played his entire, brief career with Cornwall of the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) – save for a two-game stint with the Montreal Shamrocks of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association in 1907 – and blossomed into stardom in his final two seasons.