After playing his college ball at Brigham Young, Fairbanks was a territorial exemption of the Calgary Stampeders in the 1975 CFL Colleg Draft. In his first of two stints with Calgary, Fairbanks played eight years as a Stamped from 1975 to 1982. Fairbanks won three West All-Stars at Offensive Tackle (1978, 1979 and 1982) and two CFL All-Stars (1979 and 1982). Fairbanks signed as a free agent with Montreal in March of 1983, and played 4 years with the Als from 1983 to 1986. Fairbanks won three East All-Stars with Montreal, two at Offensive Guard in 1984 and 1985, and at Offensive Tackle in 1986. When the Alouettes folded, just prior to the 1987 season, Fairbanks was drafted in the second round of the dispersal draft by Hamilton. Fairbanks played 1987 and 1988 with the Tiger-Cats before being released. In August, 1989, Fairbanks signed as a free agent with his first CFL team, for a second stint in Calgary.Fairbanks added his seventh division All-Star in his 17 year career with a West All-Star at Offensive Tackle in 1990. Fairbanks was the Stampeders nominee for Oustanding Offensive Lineman 7 times, in 1976 and then for vive consecutive years from 1978 to 1982. In 1982, Fairbanks was the runner-up to Rudy Phillips for the Outstanding Offensive Lineman. With Montreal, Fairbanks was their nominee three times for Outstanding Offensive Linman (1984, 1985 and 1986).
Games Played and Fumble Recoveries
Year |
Team |
GP |
FR |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
OFR |
1975 |
CAL |
14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1976 |
CAL |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1977 |
CAL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1978 |
CAL |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1979 |
CAL |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1980 |
CAL |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1981 |
CAL |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1982 |
CAL |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1983 |
MON |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1984 |
MON |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1985 |
MON |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1986 |
MON |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1987 |
HAM |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1988 |
HAM |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1989 |
CAL |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1990 |
CAL |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1991 |
CAL |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Kickoff and Punt Returns
Year |
Team |
KOR |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
PR |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
1975 |
CAL |
2 |
29 |
14.5 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1976 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1977 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1978 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1979 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1980 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1981 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1982 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1983 |
MON |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1984 |
MON |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1985 |
MON |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1986 |
MON |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1987 |
HAM |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1988 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1989 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1990 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1991 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Rushing
Year |
Team |
TC |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
1975 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1976 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1977 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1978 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1979 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1980 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1981 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1982 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1983 |
MON |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1984 |
MON |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1985 |
MON |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1986 |
MON |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1987 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1988 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1989 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1990 |
CAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1991 |
CAL |
1 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
Tackles
Year |
Team |
T |
ST |
Total |
1975 |
CAL |
|
|
|
1976 |
CAL |
|
|
|
1977 |
CAL |
|
|
|
1978 |
CAL |
|
|
|
1979 |
CAL |
|
|
|
1980 |
CAL |
|
|
|
1981 |
CAL |
|
|
|
1982 |
CAL |
|
|
|
1983 |
MON |
|
|
|
1984 |
MON |
|
|
|
1985 |
MON |
|
|
|
1986 |
MON |
|
|
|
1987 |
HAM |
2 |
|
|
1988 |
HAM |
0 |
|
|
1989 |
CAL |
0 |
|
|
1990 |
CAL |
0 |
|
|
1991 |
CAL |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|