Norman Thomas Mann (March 3, 1914 â February 9, 1994) was Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 31 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1936 and 1941. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1933 to 1949, was mainly spent in the minor American Hockey League. Mann was born in Bradford, England, but grew up in Newmarket, Ontario.