Jim Bufton

Coach
Admin
Cross Country
Track & Field

Graduation Year

1956
n/a

Induction Year

2015

High School

Benson Polytechnic High School

High School Honors

4-year Cross Country letterman, Oregon State Champion senior year, set course record of 9:17.7. 3-year Track letterman, set junior Oregon AAU Mile record; finished 3rd in Oregon State mile run as a senior.

Post-High School Career

Coached ASA boys baseball and girls softball for 30 years; Served in the Air National Guard for 10 years. Owner, operator Airaway Sanivend vending business, 30 years. Worked at Precision Cast Parts and the Portland Bolt Company. Married, three children. Died in 2000.

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