Sheldon Hughes Fairbanks (September 29, 1893 - April 25, 1969) was an American exposition promoter and the first general manager of the Boston Garden.
Fairbanks was born on September 29, 1893, in Roxbury, Boston and attended Dorchester High School, where he was a noted athlete.
[1] In 1923, Fairbanks went on special assignment aboard the Bowdoin to accompany Donald Baxter MacMillan on an Arctic exhibition.
He also served an advisory director for a number of exhibitions held in New York City's Grand Central Palace.
[2] He resigned as general manager in 1930 due to his myriad other business responsibilities, but remained on the Boston Garden board of directors until the late 1950s.