Jim Fleming
Jim Fleming, 1951 BSc, graduated as class president from Westglen High School in 1944. An outstanding athlete, Fleming's great love was hockey. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bisons, but his professional hockey career was put on hold when he joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944.In 1945, Fleming returned to Edmonton and joined a team that went on to win the first Western Canada Intermediate Hockey Championship. The next season (1946-47), he played professional hockey for the Chicago Blackhawks farm team, the Kansas City Pla-mors. The Pla-mors were exceptionally strong that year and went on to win the US Hockey League championship.
Fleming decided to attend university and to pursue his degree in agriculture at the University of Alberta. He joined the Golden Bears and helped build the Golden Bear hockey legend. From his sophomore year on, Fleming captained the Golden Bears hockey team, winning the MVP and Purcell trophies in 1948-49 and 1949-50. In 1950-51, Fleming was awarded the Wilson Trophy as the University's male athlete of the year.
During each of his four years as a Golden Bear hockey player, the team won the WCIAU championship.
The University of Alberta is pleased to name Jim Fleming among those inducted to its Sports Wall of Fame in 2003.