| Round | Overall |
| 4 | 19 |
Jim Blair
Selected by
Boston from Georgetown (Ontario Midget)
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Forward
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Statistics unavailable |
Pre-Draft Notes
Was on Georgetown team that won 1963 OMHA championship as top midget team in the province of Ontario. The team went 13-1 in the championship tournament, and Blair was the fifth of five players drafted off its roster in 1963.
Canadian • Hometown:
Georgetown, Ontario
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL
After the Draft
- Despite coming from a powerful midget team, he was unable to break into pro hockey due to the limited number of roster spots available in the days of a six-team NHL. Part of the problem for all of the players from Georgetown was the fact that they had grown up playing on a rink which was smaller than the NHL regulation rink size and their skating skills were not as well developed as a result.
Miscellaneous
Full Name:
James Blair
Post-Draft Teams: Oshawa
(OHA); Whitby (Ontario Jr. B); Guelph (OUAA)
Career Beyond Hockey:
Went to work for Bell Canada after his college hockey career, and spent
25 years with the company in sales and marketing.
Family: Older brother of Al Blair,
drafted by Boston in 1964
| SNAPSHOT '63 | |
| Total Selected: | 21 |
| Forwards: | 13 |
| Defense: | 6 |
| Goaltenders: | 0 |
| Position n/a: | 2 |
| Major Junior: | 4 |
| College Players: | 0 |
| Canadian: | 21 |
| American: | 0 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 5 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 1 |
| Hall of Fame: | 0 |
| All-Star Game: | 2 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 0 |
| Olympians: | 0 |
| Picks Traded: | 0 |