Manny Bricker was a member of Glendale Golf and Country Club from 1947 until his death in 1994 and his many years of service to the sport of golf was highlighted by a term as president of the Royal Canadian Golf Association.
Born March 17, 1919, he started to play golf at public courses before joining Glendale, the only club to which he belonged, in 1947. He served in many capacities on the board at Glendale before he was elected president of the club in 1968. He became the first Glendale member to serve on the Manitoba Golf Association Council.
He served in many capacities before he became president of the MGA in 1972-73 and began a long association with the Royal Canadian Golf Association.
He was RCGA finance chairman in 1977, had a term as greens chairman, became first vice-president in 1982 and was elected president of the national organization in 1983.He served as chairman for RCGA’s Canadian Men’s Amateur championship at Niakwa in 1974, the Canadian Senior Men’s championship at Glendale in 1977 and the Peter Jackson senior pro tournament at St. Charles in 1982.
He was captain of Canada’s International Team in Venezuela in 1983 and also represented the RCGA at the Masters championship and all of the Canadian championships in that year.
He was instrumental in revitalizing the financial stability of the RCGA during his years of service, just as he was instrumental in many aspects of the operations at the Glendale club and in the Manitoba Golf Association. His achievements at Glendale were recognized with an honorary life membership in the club.
His education was started at Weyburn, SK., followed by St. John’s College and the University of Manitoba, interrupted by the war. In business, he was the president of Inland Trust. He died September 17, 1994.
Manny Bricker is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., September 22, 2008.