Editing Jimmy Carson (section)

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| played_for = [[Los Angeles Kings]]<br>[[Edmonton Oilers]]<br>[[Detroit Red Wings]]<br>[[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[Hartford Whalers]]<br>[[Lausanne Hockey Club|Lausanne]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Center]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 200
| ntl_team = USA
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|07|20}}
| birth_place = [[Southfield, Michigan|Southfield]], [[Michigan]], U.S.
| draft = 2nd overall
| draft_year = 1986
| draft_team = [[Los Angeles Kings]]
| career_start = 1986
| career_end = 1998
}}
'''James Charles Carson''' (born July 20, 1968) is an American former professional [[ice hockey]] player. He played 10 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] with five different teams. In 1988, he became only the second teenager in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season; the first was [[Wayne Gretzky]].<ref name="Gave">{{cite book |last1=Gave |first1=Keith |title=The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage |date=2018 |publisher=Gold Star Publishing |access-date=10 April 2020 |page=54 |isbn=9781947165175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UlbOswEACAAJ}}</ref>