Spider's Older Brother Turns 101
Eddie Mazur's older brother Stan Mazur is 101 years old and was a veteran of World War II.
On Feb. 4, Stan Mazur, the older brother of the late Eddie “Spider” Mazur has turned 101 years old.
Born Feb. 4, 1923 to Polish immigrants, Mazur was raised in Winnipeg’s Fort Rouge area alongside brothers John and Eddie and sisters Genevieve and Eva.
Mazur’s father Joseph was employed as a car man in the Fort Rouge Car Department of the Canadian National Railways. His mother Mary learned English by simply talking to customers while running a small grocery store out of the main floor of the family’s home. Mazur would go on to play a significant role in getting his younger brother Eddie started in hockey.
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