Hal Patterson
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| Date of birth | October 4, 1932 |
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| Place of birth | Larned, Kansas |
| Date of death | November 21, 2011 (aged 79) |
| Place of death | Kinsley, Kansas |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | WR/DB |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| College | Kansas |
| NFL draft | 1954 / Round: 14 / Pick: 165 |
| Drafted by | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1954–1960 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1961–1967 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1962, 1963, 1964 |
| CFL East All-Star | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 |
| Awards | 1956 CFL MOP |
| Career stats | |
Harold "Prince Hal" Edward Patterson (October 4, 1932 – November 21, 2011) was a star American college basketball player at the University of Kansas, and a professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Patterson is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and in 2006, was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#13) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
Born in Garden City, Kansas in 1932, Patterson was a football, baseball and basketball star at the University of Kansas. He was the second-leading rebounder for Kansas' 1953 national runner-up team that lost the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship game by a single point to Indiana University. An end with the Jayhawks football team, he also lettered in baseball.
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League in the 1954 NFL Draft, Hal Patterson opted to sign with the Montreal Alouettes of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union in 1954. (The IRFU became part of the CFL in 1958.)
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