Kenneth Fairman | |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1912 |
Birth Place: | Spring Valley, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1931–1933 |
Player Team2: | Princeton |
Player Positions: | End (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Basketball |
Coach Years2: | 1935–1938 |
Coach Team2: | Princeton |
Admin Years1: | 1941–1942 |
Admin Team1: | Princeton |
Admin Years2: | 1944–1972 |
Admin Team2: | Princeton |
Overall Record: | 25–38 |
Roy Kenneth Fairman (February 23, 1912 – March 8, 1994) was an American college sportsman, basketball coach, athletics administrator, and local politician. He served as the head basketball coach at Princeton University from 1935 to 1938, compiling a record of 25–38. He was the athletic director at Princeton from 1941 to 1972 with a hiatus during World War II, in which he served as a United States Army officer. Fairman was the mayor of Princeton Township, New Jersey from 1959 to 1963.[1]