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Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About Jim Heighton
- 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 and 1974 Western Conference All-Star teams as selected by the Football Reporters of Canada.
- In 1974 and 1976, he won the Dr Bert Oja Award as the Bombers' Most Valuable Lineman.
- Heighton was also a three-time Schenley award nominee (1974 Most Outstanding Canadian; 1974 Most Outstanding Defenseman; 1976 Most Outstanding Canadian).
- In 2014, he was inducted into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Hall of Fame. As a Masters athlete in Track and Field, Heighton 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 for the Grosse Isle Blue Jays championship baseball teams.
- An all-round athlete, Heighton also played on several medal-winning amateur basketball and soccer teams, and was an owner/breeder/racer of thoroughbred horses.
- In 2016, he was named to the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.
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