Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) Role Film producer Name Jim Ballantine | Shot Right Position Center | |
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Born November 6, 1967
Union Lake, Michigan ( 1967-11-06 ) Died January 2002 (aged 34)
Michigan Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) Played for Columbus Chill
Richmond Renegades
Indianapolis Ice
Dallas Freeze Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program Movies Bambi II, Maya the Bee Movie, Brother Bear 2, Mobsters, The Wild Bunch Similar People Ben Gluck, Bob Camp, John Kricfalusi, Vincent Waller, Roy Allen Smith | ||
Jim Jeffery Ballantine (November 6, 1967 – January 2002) was an American ice hockey center.
Ballantine was born in Union Lake, Michigan. A graduate and hockey player for the University of Michigan, he started his professional career with the Columbus Chill in the ECHL. He also played for the Richmond Renegades (ECHL), Indianapolis Ice (IHL), and Dallas Freeze (CHL). He is most notable for being the first player to wear a 3-digit number in a professional sports game (101) to promote Columbus, Ohio radio station CD101. Ballantine was a regular on-air personality on the station. The jersey number selection began as a joke; but Ballantine shed his former number (19, in a nod to Detroit Red Wings longtime Captain Steve Yzerman).
Ballantine died in 2002 from Lou Gherig's Disease (ALS).