Jim Vipond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1911
Place of Birth: Southport, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 04-Dec-1989
Profession: journalist
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Jim Vipond
- James French Vipond (July 11, 1916 – December 4, 1989), was a Canadian sports journalist.
- A columnist for The Globe and Mail, he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
- He joined the newspaper in 1938 and retired in 1979 to become the Ontario Athletics Commissioner.
- Vipond also served in World War II with the Royal Canadian Air Force, becoming a flight lieutenant and later being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
- He died in 1989 from Alzheimer's disease.
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