| Jim Burton | |
| Position: | Defence |
| Played For: | AHL Hershey Bears Rochester Americans IHL Fort Wayne Komets Phoenix Roadrunners WPHL Austin Ice Bats Other EHC Lustenau (Austria) EC Klagenfurt (Austria) |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 190 |
| Birth Date: | 13 November 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Evans, Georgia, U.S. |
| Ntl Team: | AUT |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 1981 |
| Career End: | 1997 |
James Burton (November 13, 1961 – January 5, 2015) was a professional ice hockey defenceman.
Burton was a three-time winner of the IHL's Governor's Trophy (Larry D. Gordon Trophy) which is awarded annually to the defenseman voted to be most outstanding based on performance over the course of the regular season by the league's coaches.[1]
Burton was a head coach in both the WPHL (with the Austin Ice Bats and Arkansas GlacierCats) and the ECHL (with the Augusta Lynx).[2] Burton died of a heart attack on January 5, 2015.[3]
| Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–79 | Brantford Alexanders | OMJHL | 60 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Windsor Spitfires | OMJHL | 60 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 57 | 11 | 47 | 58 | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 77 | 8 | 54 | 62 | 126 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 1982–83 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 79 | 17 | 70 | 87 | 114 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 23 | ||
| 1982–83 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 75 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 74 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 1985–86 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 82 | 30 | 64 | 94 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 34 | ||
| 1986–87 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 58 | 19 | 52 | 71 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 25 | ||
| 1986–87 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 80 | 13 | 74 | 87 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | EHC Lustenau | Austria | 37 | 18 | 31 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 21 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1989–90 | EHC Lustenau | Austria | 34 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 41 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 43 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 46 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 51 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 35 | 15 | 35 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 26 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Austin Ice Bats | WPHL | 52 | 21 | 47 | 68 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
| IHL totals | 480 | 106 | 380 | 486 | 487 | 74 | 12 | 49 | 61 | 114 | ||||
| Austria totals | 313 | 106 | 246 | 352 | 350 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||