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Patterson was born in Hillsboro, Texas and attended Hillsboro High School.
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Billy Patterson
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He was inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He matriculated at Baylor University. He was named to Baylor"s 1930"s All-Decade Team and was the 1939 East–West Shrine Game Most Valuable Player. He was inducted into the Baylor Hall of Fame in 1963.
Patterson was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round of the 1939 NFL Draft.
He played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1939 and returned to the Steelers in 1940. He played quarterback, halfback and punted.
