Art Jones (January 31, 1935 – February 3, 2021) was a member of the Portland Buckaroos from the beginning to the end of the of the Western Hockey League franchise and became one of the most popular players in Portland hockey history.
Jones grew up in Saskatchewan and reached the WHL as a 22-year-old center with the New Westminster Royals in 1957. That was the first of his stretch of 17 straight seasons in which he played 60 or more games.
After two solid seasons with the Royals and another with the Victoria Cougars, Jones signed with the expansion Buckaroos for the 1960-61 season and played in Portland until the team disbanded in 1974. With Jones as a scoring power, the Buckaroos won the WHL trophy, the Lester Patrick Cup, in their expansion season and again in 1965, and 1971. Jones, who stood 5-foot-10, led the league in scoring six times. The "Red Baron" was named league MVP in 1968 and 1971. In '71, he scored a league record 127 points on 43 goals and 84 assists.
After the Buckaroos folded in 1974, Jones played sparingly with other teams for three more seasons before retiring in 1976 at age 40. In 17 seasons of WHL action, Jones in credited with having scored 578 goals, with 1,002 assists and 1,580 total points.