Jamie Dawson
{{short description|American basketball player and veterinarian}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
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| position = Center
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7
| weight_lb = 210
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|7|9}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|5|30|1922|7|9}}
| death_place = Longview, Texas
| nationality = American
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| college = Texas A&M (1942–1946)
| years1 = 1946–1947
| team1 = Sheboygan Red Skins
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| highlights = * First-team All-SWC (1946)
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Jamie Thompson Dawson (July 9, 1922 – May 30, 2009),{{cite web | url=http://www.aggienetwork.com/silver-taps/66714/jamie-dawson-44/| title=Aggie Silver Taps| publisher=AggieNetwork.com| work=Jamie T. Dawson | date=June 2009| accessdate=February 14, 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/jamie-thompson-dawson/68647886| title=Jamie Thompson Dawson| publisher=AncientFaces.com| year=2015| accessdate=February 14, 2015}} commonly misidentified as "Jim" or "Jimmy" Dawson,{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/d/dawsoji01n.html | title=Jim Dawson NBL stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=basketball-reference.com | accessdate=February 14, 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=dawsoji02 | title=Jim Dawson statistics| publisher=JustSportsStats.com | accessdate=February 14, 2015}} was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League for the Sheboygan Red Skins in 10 games during the 1946–47 season.
Dawson played collegiately at Texas A&M University between 1942 and 1946. As a senior in the 1945–46 season, he led the Aggies in scoring with 17.0 points per game and was named an all-Southwest Conference player.{{cite web|url=http://www.12thman.com/fls/27300/pdfs/2013-14/mhoops/2014guide-mbb.pdf |title=2013–14 Texas A&M Aggies Men's Basketball Media Guide |publisher=Texas A&M University |work=History |year=2013 |accessdate=February 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214200659/http://www.12thman.com/fls/27300/pdfs/2013-14/mhoops/2014guide-mbb.pdf |archivedate=February 14, 2015 }} After his brief professional career, Dawson moved to Longview, Texas, in 1951 and established the Fredonia Animal Hospital where he served as a veterinarian until 1976.