Harold (Prince Hal) Patterson

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