Danny McManus (born June 17, 1965) is a former professional
American football
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and
Canadian football
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quarterback
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who passed for over 53,000 yards in seventeen seasons in the
Canadian Football League
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and currently serves as the Assistant General Manager and Director for US Scouting for the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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. He played every season in the league from 1990 to 2006, as a member of the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fiel ...
,
BC Lions
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place.
The Lions played their first season ...
,
Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...
,
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...
, and finally with the
Calgary Stampeders
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. As of 2007, his all-time CFL passing yardage is third most next to
Damon Allen
Damon L. Allen (born July 29, 1963) is a former professional quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is currently fourth in all-time professional football passing yards and second in all-time CFL passing yards after he ...
and
Anthony Calvillo
Anthony Calvillo (born August 23, 1972) is the quarterbacks coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and is a former professional Canadian football quarterback. He was professional football's all-time passing yards ...
, and he works as a
colour analyst
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for
TSN's CFL broadcasts, having previously appeared as a guest analyst on the
CFL on CBC
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late in his playing career. On December 2, 2013, McManus was named the Assistant General Manager and Director of U.S. Scouting for the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fiel ...
.
Previous to that, he served as the director of scouting for the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...
.
College career
McManus spent four seasons at
Florida State University
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, from 1984 to 1987, coached by
Bobby Bowden
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(McManus also went to Florida State in 1983, but was redshirted). McManus was named the starter as quarterback in 1985 and led the Seminoles to defeat Nebraska. After four victories, he suffered a pair of concussions and he had spent the rest of 1985 on the bench. But in 1986, McManus was named the Seminole's offensive most valuable player, after a season that saw him come out of the backup position to end the year as the starter, throwing for 872 yards and seven touchdowns.
In 1987, McManus started every game for Florida State, leading them to an 11–1 record and a spot in the
Fiesta Bowl
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, which they won 31–28 over the
University of Nebraska
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. Due to his leadership, FSU had one of their greatest campaigns. McManus, who threw for 375 yards and three touchdowns in the bowl game, was named the most valuable player, and wound up with 1,984 yards and fourteen touchdowns on the year. After this season, McManus was selected in the
1988 NFL Draft
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in the eleventh round by the
Kansas City Chiefs
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The tea ...
.
Professional career
National Football League
McManus made the Chiefs out of training camp, and spent his first, and only,
National Football League
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season on the bench as the third quarterback. McManus saw no action, and was released during
1989's training camp. McManus spent all of 1989 trying to catch on with another NFL team, but was unsuccessful.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Unable to find a place to play in 1989, McManus signed with the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers in time for the 1990 season. The Blue Bombers of the era were in the middle of a mini-dynasty, where they won two
Grey Cup
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s in three years. The
1990 season gave the Blue Bombers perhaps their best ending ever, as they obliterated the Edmonton Eskimos 50–11 in the
78th Grey Cup
The 78th Grey Cup was the 1990 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Edmonton Eskimos at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Blue Bombers defeated the Eskimos, 50–11.
Game s ...
in
Vancouver
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. McManus, the Blue Bombers' backup all year, threw for a total of 946 yards and seven touchdowns during the season, and also tossed a touchdown in the Grey Cup in a rare appearance for the backup in the championship game.
Through
1991
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and
1992
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, McManus remained with the Blue Bombers as the backup quarterback to
Matt Dunigan
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. McManus made his second Grey Cup appearance in 1992, again coming in for a relief stint. This time, however, the circumstances were not so good, as Dunigan had been ineffective and the Blue Bombers went on to lose the
80th Grey Cup
The 80th Grey Cup was the 1992 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Calgary Stampeders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Toronto's SkyDome. The Stampeders had little trouble defeating the Blue Bombers, 24–10.
Game sum ...
24–10 to
Calgary
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at
SkyDome in
Toronto, Ontario
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.
BC Lions
After the Grey Cup, McManus left Winnipeg as a free agent and ended up signing with the BC Lions, and started three games in
1993 when starting quarterback
Danny Barrett was injured. For
1994
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, McManus was again the backup, this time to
Kent Austin
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. However, fate would give McManus a larger role in this season as, in the West Final he replaced Austin and led the Lions to a trip to a comeback victory over the Calgary Stampeders in a driving snowstorm culminating in a last second TD pass that sent the Lions to the Grey Cup Game at home in Vancouver. In the
82nd Grey Cup
The 82nd Grey Cup was the 1994 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Baltimore Football Club and the BC Lions at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was the first championship in professional football histo ...
, Austin was knocked out of the game and McManus had to take over at halftime, and ended up leading the Lions on a dramatic drive downfield setting up
Lui Passaglia
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to kick a game-winning field goal, giving BC a 26–23 victory over the
Baltimore Stallions
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. It was McManus's second Grey Cup and third appearance in five years in the Canadian Football League.
In
1995
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, McManus was given the reins as the Lions' full-time starter. McManus threw for 4,655 yards (second in the league behind his old mentor Dunigan) and 19 touchdowns. But the Lions' efforts to defend their Grey Cup were quickly derailed come playoff time, as the Lions were defeated by the Edmonton Eskimos in the Western Division Semi-Final despite McManus throwing for 333 yards and two touchdowns.
Edmonton Eskimos
Any animosity McManus must have felt to the Eskimos must have quickly cooled, however, as he signed with Edmonton during the off-season as a free agent following his release by British Columbia. Once again, McManus was second in the league in passing yardage for
1996
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, this time behind
Doug Flutie
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, with 4,425 yards, 22 touchdowns, and 19 interceptions. McManus led the Eskimos to second in the Western Division and the Grey Cup game, including a 68–7 slaughtering of McManus's old Blue Bombers in the Western Semi-Final. In the driving snow at
Ivor Wynne Stadium
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, the
Toronto Argonauts
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defeated Edmonton in the
84th Grey Cup
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43–37. McManus had an excellent game despite the conditions with 413 yards and three touchdowns, but was outplayed by Toronto's Flutie, who was named the most outstanding player. McManus's only interception of the game came when Doug Flutie's brother
Darren
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fell trying to catch a well-thrown ball, and the ball ricocheted off of Flutie and into the waiting arms of a Toronto defensive back, who returned it for a touchdown.
1997
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was a slight regression for McManus, but not for the Eskimos as they won their division for the first time since 1991. McManus fell to fourth in passing yardage but was still the Edmonton nominee for Most Outstanding Player. Edmonton was hosting the
85th Grey Cup
The 85th Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) was held in 1997 in Edmonton before 60,431 fans. The heavily favoured Toronto Argonauts won the game over the Saskatchewan Roughriders with a score of 47–23.
Game summary
Toronto Argona ...
that year and hopes were high that the Eskimos would play at it, but Edmonton lost a heart-breaking Western final to the
Saskatchewan Roughriders
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The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...
31–30. McManus threw for an excellent 407 yards in the game in a losing effort.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
McManus left the Eskimos as a free agent for
1998, as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed both the veteran quarterback and his all-time favourite receiver, Darren Flutie. McManus arrived on a talent-laden team and did not disappoint, finishing second in passing yardage for the second time in his career and becoming only the second Hamilton quarterback to pass for over 4,000 yards in a season. The Tiger-Cats warred with the fast-rising
Montreal Alouettes
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and their veteran quarterback
Anthony Calvillo
Anthony Calvillo (born August 23, 1972) is the quarterbacks coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and is a former professional Canadian football quarterback. He was professional football's all-time passing yards ...
all season, including a rare tie in a regular-season meeting between the two teams. Hamilton and Montreal finished even at 12–5–1, but Hamilton took first place on their superior head-to-head record. When the two teams inevitably clashed in the East final, Hamilton took a thriller 22–20. However, all-star quarterback
Jeff Garcia
Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970) is a former American football quarterback. After attending high school and junior college in Gilroy, California, Garcia played college football at San Jose State University.
A four-time CFL All-Sta ...
and his
Calgary Stampeders
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beat Hamilton 26–24 in the
86th Grey Cup
The 86th Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) was held in 1998 in Winnipeg. The Calgary Stampeders won the game over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats with a score of 26–24.
Game summary
Calgary Stampeders (26) - TDs, Jeff Garcia, Kelvin Ande ...
.
Despite the disappointment of 1998, McManus rebounded in superb fashion for
1999
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. Throwing for 5,334 yards and 28 touchdowns, McManus won his first, and only, Most Outstanding Player award. The icing on the cake came on the
87th Grey Cup, where McManus thwarted the Stampeders' drive for a repeat in a rematch of the previous year's championship game. Garcia was gone to the NFL but his replacement
Dave Dickenson
David Dickenson (born January 11, 1973) is a Canadian football head coach with the Calgary Stampeders and former professional player with the Stampeders and the BC Lions where he won the 2006 Grey Cup and was named the game's MVP. Dickenson als ...
had proven very dangerous; however, the Tiger-Cats took their first Grey Cup since
1986
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with a 32–21 victory. It was McManus's third Grey Cup and his sixth appearance in the big game.
In
2000
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, McManus set the
CFL record
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Regular Season:
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with six straight seasons throwing for at least 4,000 yards. But, after their Grey Cup victory, the Tiger-Cats were beginning to enter a long spiral to the East Division basement. The team finished a disappointing 9–9 and lost the East Semi-Final to Winnipeg.
2001
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was a slight resurgence as the Tiger-Cats finished 11–7, but another loss to Winnipeg in the East Final sent the Tiger-Cats home early. By
2002
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, the Tiger-Cats were running on fumes and went down to 7–11, ahead of only the expansion
Ottawa Renegades
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. For the first time in his CFL career, Danny McManus missed the playoffs.
McManus turned 38 during the
2003 CFL season
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, and the retirement talk was coming in hard. It would be hard for it not to, however, as the Tiger-Cats were one of the worst teams in Canadian football history that year. Despite starting fifteen games, McManus threw for only 2,869 yards, snapping his record streak of consecutive 4,000 yard seasons at eight. McManus might have been hurt by the loss of preferred target
Darren Flutie
Darren Paul Flutie (born November 18, 1966) is a former Canadian football wide receiver for the BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He is the Canadian Football League's fifth all-time leader in catches, behind Nik Lewis ...
to retirement. The Tiger-Cats finished 1–17, with the only bright spot being an overtime victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
2004
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was significantly stronger for McManus, as was his team. For the second time in his career, McManus threw for over 5,000 yards despite turning 39 early in the season. The Tiger-Cats shocked the Canadian football world by finishing 9–8–1, an accomplishment amazing enough for rookie head coach
Greg Marshall to be named coach of the year and McManus to receive the
Rogers-AT&T Fan Choice Award, sharing it with Anthony Calvillo. In Hamilton's sole playoff game, they lost the East Semi-Final to rivals Toronto 24–6.
The Tiger-Cats were unable to build on their 2004 success, and in the
2005 season finished in the league's basement at 5–13, with a defense that allowed 583 points. McManus threw for 2,544 yards and eleven touchdowns with a quarterback rating of 67.1, and spent time on the bench in favour of
Khari Jones
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,
Marcus Brady
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, and the unknown
Kevin Eakin
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Ea ...
who all took snaps.
Final season and retirement
After the
93rd Grey Cup
The 93rd Grey Cup game was held on November 27, 2005, at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes, to decide the winner of the 2005 season of the Canadian Football League. The ...
, McManus was traded to the newly crowned league champion Edmonton Eskimos in a package that included as the centrepiece Edmonton quarterback
Jason Maas
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. This was the first time McManus had ever been traded in his career and his second go-round with Edmonton. On March 31, 2006, McManus was traded for the second time in his career, this time to the Calgary Stampeders. Edmonton received a third round draft pick in the
2006 CFL Draft
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The National Collegiate Athletic A ...
in return. For the 2006 season, McManus served as backup and mentor to Stampeders' starting quarterback
Henry Burris
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. He announced his retirement from playing football on April 2, 2007. He was quickly snapped up by
TSN as an analyst for CFL game broadcasts for the
2007 season. He was inducted into the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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in 2011.
Coaching career
McManus began working as a guest coach with the Tiger-Cats during
2008 CFL season training camp and signed on as a coaching consultant in July to assist offensive co-ordinator
Marcel Bellefeuille
Marcel Bellefeuille (born March 19, 1966) is a Canadian football coach who is the head coach of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees and the wide receivers coach for the Philadelphia Stars of the United States Football League (USFL). He originally ...
and work with the quarterbacks.
Danny was also formerly the head U.S. scout for the Ti-Cats.
Front office career
On December 2, 2013, it was announced by
TSN that Danny McManus has been hired as the Assistant General Manager and Director of U.S. Scouting for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was hired by his former Ti-Cat's teammate,
Kyle Walters, who is now serving as Winnipeg Blue Bomber's General Manager.
Legacy
In 2012 and in honour of the
100th Grey Cup,
Canada Post
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used his image on a series of commemorative postage stamps. The image was also used on presentation posters and other materials to promote the Grey Cup game and other celebrations associated with the centennial.
See also
*
List of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics
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References
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1965 births
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