Jim Fairburn | |
Position: | Right wing |
Weight Lb: | 150 |
Played For: | Penticton Vees San Francisco Shamrocks Minneapolis Millers Portland Eagles Victoria Cougars New Westminster Royals |
Ntl Team: | Canada |
Birth Date: | 12 September 1927 |
Birth Place: | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Death Place: | Summerland, British Columbia, Canada |
Career Start: | 1943 |
Career End: | 1960 |
James Edgar Fairburn (September 12, 1927 - March 28, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Penticton Vees. He won a gold medal at the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships in West Germany. He also played professionally for the San Francisco Shamrocks, Minneapolis Millers, Portland Eagles, Victoria Cougars, and New Westminster Royals.[1] [2]