| Birth Date: | 2 March 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Crystal, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 175 |
| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens |
| Career Start: | 1922 |
| Career End: | 1939 |
Fern James Headley (March 2, 1900 — September 28, 1956) was an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman who played 30 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins during the 1924–25 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1922 to 1939, was primarily spent in the American Hockey Association. He was born in Crystal, North Dakota, but grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.He scored one NHL goal. It occurred as a member of the Boston Bruins on December 17, 1924 in his team's 6-2 loss to the Montreal Maroons.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1919–20 | Saskatoon Quakers | N-SSHL | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1919–20 | Saskatoon Quakers | SJHL | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1920–21 | Saskatoon Collegiate | S-SSHL | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | — | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1921–22 | Saskatoon 5th Battalion | N-SSHL | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1922–23 | Saskatoon Sheiks | WCHL | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1923–24 | Saskatoon Crescents | WCHL | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1924–25 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1924–25 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1924–25 | Montreal Canadiens | St-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1925–26 | Calgary Tigers | WHL | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1926–27 | Calgary Tigers | PrHL | 30 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1927–28 | Minneapolis Millers | AHA | 37 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1928–29 | St. Louis Flyers | AHA | 40 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1929–30 | St. Louis Flyers | AHA | 48 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | Chicago Shamrocks | AHA | 47 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1931–32 | Chicago Shamrocks | AHA | 47 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1932–33 | Duluth Hornets / Wichita Blue Jays | AHA | 41 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1933–34 | Tulsa Oilers | AHA | 32 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1934–35 | Tulsa Oilers | AHA | 48 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1935–36 | Tulsa Oilers | AHA | 43 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1936–37 | Kansas City Greyhounds | AHA | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1936–37 | Tulsa Oilers | AHA | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Wichita Skyhawks | AHA | 33 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHA totals | 441 | 65 | 69 | 134 | 422 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| NHL totals | 30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||