Harry Caray on the Cardinals' radio network until 1954. He then served as a scout for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Colt .45s. His younger brother, Frank Mancuso, also was a major league catcher in the mid-1940s. In 1962 Mancuso was seriously injured in a traffic accident which killed his wife, Lorena Mancuso. Mancuso was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and was elected to the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. Mancuso contracted emphysema and died in 1984 at the age of 78 in Houston, Texas. References Related links List of athletes on Wheaties boxes List of members of the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame External links Profile and chronology Baseball Library Gus Mancuso The Baseball Biography Project 1905 births 1984 deaths American people of Italian descent Baseball players from Texas Beaumont Exporters players Brooklyn Dodgers players Chicago Cubs players Cincinnati Reds coaches Fort Smith Twins players Houston Astros scouts Houston Buffaloes players Longview Cannibals players Major League Baseball broadcasters Major League Baseball catchers Major League Baseball pitching coaches Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players National League All-Stars New York Giants (NL) players Philadelphia Phillies players Rochester Red Wings players St. Louis Cardinals announcers St. Louis Cardinals players St. Louis Cardinals scouts San Antonio Missions managers San Antonio Missions players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Sportspeople from Galveston, Texas Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players