Fuhr was born to one African Canadian parent and one Caucasian parent, but was adopted by parents Betty Wheeler and Robert Fuhr and raised in Spruce Grove, Alberta.\n', '

In the mid-1970s, Fuhr played for the Enoch Tomahawks\' hockey team. Fuhr\'s mother came from Enoch Cree Nation.\n', '

In 1979, at the age of seventeen, Fuhr joined the Victoria Cougars of the WHL. After two stellar seasons in Victoria, which included the league championship and a trip to the Memorial Cup in 1981, Fuhr was drafted eighth overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, on June 10, 1981.\n', '

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