
PLAYING CAREER
MONTREAL ALOUETTES 1954-1960
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 1961-1967
AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN DEFENSIVE BACK 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
ALL-EASTERN OFFENSIVE END 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
ALL-CANADIAN OFFENSIVE END 1962, 1963, 1964
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AWARD 1956
JEFF RUSSEL MEMORIAL TROPHY 1956
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1963, 1965, 1967
HAROLD (PRINCE HAL) PATTERSON WAS A PERENNIAL ALL-STAR DURING HIS 14 YEAR CAREER. DURING THE MID-1950S PATTERSON AND FELLOW HALL OF FAME MEMBER SAM ETCHEVERRY WERE A POWERFUL DUO FOR THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES. ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1956 THEY COMBINED FOR A 109 YARD PASSING PLAY, THE LONGEST POSSIBLE IN CANADIAN FOOTBALL.
PATTERSON WAS THE EASTERN SCORING LEADER IN 1957, AND DURING HIS STELLAR CAREER, SCORED 75 TOUCHDOWNS. HE CAUGHT 460 PASSES FOR 9,473 YARDS AND AN INCREDIBLE 20.6 YARD AVERAGE. PATTERSON WAS THE LEAGUE LEADER IN PASS RECEPTIONS IN 1956, AND TIED FOR THIS RECORD IN 1960.
INDUCTED 1971 - PLAYER
Class of 1971 Leonard (Len) Back, Jackie Parker