Career
He represented Australia in cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. However Patterson was alleged to have held Bannister during the final sprint for the line and was subsequently disqualified and the race was awarded to Bannister. By his final year of racing in 1967 he had 12 consecutive Australian championships.
Sid Patterson was sponsored by Malvern Star, founded by Sir Bruce Small.
At 72 Patterson died of liver cancer. The Sid Patterson Grand Prix is held in Melbourne annually in his honour.
In 2015, he was an inaugural Cycling Australia Hall of Fame inductee.