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Hockey Fortune: $112,736

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Cesare Maniago’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $112,736 (US $578,514 in today's dollars), ranking #5536 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: January 13, 1939
Country of birth: Canada
Position: G
Salary History - Cesare Maniago
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1960-61 $0 $0
At age 21, signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs: CAN$7,500 in the NHL, $ 4,000 in the AHL, and CAN$3,500 in the Quebec or Western Hockey League. It included a CAN$1,000 signing bonus. He ended up playing his first 7 games in the NHL and 43 games in the Quebec/Western Hockey League, earning CAN$3,990 plus his signing bonus.
Source(s): Copy of contract
1969-70 $4,636 $38,281
Amount in Canadian currency: $4,990.
1972-73 $0 $0
Was rumored to have received a four-year contract offer from the Los Angeles Sharks, of the World Hockey League, for $600,000 overall. The team denied the rumor and Maniago declined to comment. He ended up staying in the NHL and never played in the WHA.
Source(s): La Presse
1977-78 $108,100 $540,232
Amount in Canadian currency: $115,000.
Bases salary, not including bonuses, deferred payments and other extras. Retired, as a player, after the season. (Earned $105,000 according to the Globe and Mail.)
Source(s): The Gazette
Career Total: US $112,736
(In today's dollars: US $578,514)

NHL Rank: 5536
(In today's dollars: 4977)

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