Jim Heighton

Jim Heighton

Date of birth	(1944-09-22) September 22, 1944
Place of birth	Vancouver, British Columbia
Career information
Status	Retired
CFL status	National
Position(s)	DE
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	252 lb (114 kg)
Career history
As player
1969	BC Lions
1970–1978	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1979–1980	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1981	Montreal Alouettes
CFL West All-Star	1971, 1972, 1974, 1976

James Heighton (born September 22, 1944) was a defensive lineman who played thirteen seasons in the Canadian Football League, mainly for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was a CFL West All-Star in 1971, 1974, and 1976, and was also named to the 1972 Western Conference All-Star team as selected by the Football Reporters of Canada. In 1974 and 1976, he won the Dr Bert Oja Award as the Bomber’s outstanding Canadian defenseman.

As a Masters athlete in Track and Field, Heighton has won eight gold medals at the national level in weight throw, hammer throw, shot put and pentathlon (2008, 2013). He was twice inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame (2009, 2011) as a player for the Giroux Athletics and the Grosse Isle Blue Jays champion baseball teams. In 2014, he was inducted into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Hall of Fame, and in 2016, was named to the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in the all-round athlete category.

External links

• CFL All-Star teams