James Allen Shields (1929 – July 16, 1996) was a Canadian curler and race horse owner. Shields is a and a . He grew up in Sceptre, Saskatchewan, where he was a star baseball player, and was inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame. While in Saskatchewan, he attended the

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. He began curling at the age of 12 and moved to

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in the 1950s, where he worked for Sun Oil's land department, and would later start up Nordic Oil. Shields was also an owner of race horses and formed Canada West Ranches with fellow curlers Ron Northcott and Barry Naimark, plus friends Al MacDonald and Eric Bishop. In 1979, Shields won the

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. He is a member of the

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. Shields was married to Joan and had four children, Lorie, Richard, Randy and David. He died of cancer.

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James Shields – Curling Canada Stats Archive
1929 births 1996 deaths 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Canadian male curlers Curlers from Saskatchewan Curlers from Calgary World curling champions Brier champions Deaths from cancer in Alberta University of Saskatchewan alumni Canadian baseball players Canadian racehorse owners and breeders Canadian businesspeople in the oil industry {{Canada-curling-bio-stub