Billy Joe Booth

{{About|the football player|the actor of the same name|Billy Booth (actor)}}

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{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

|name=Billy Joe Booth

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|position1=Defensive end

|birth_date = {{birth date|1940|4|7}}

|birth_place = Minden, Louisiana, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1972|6|30|1940|4|7}}

|death_place = Dorchester, Ontario, Canada

|number=65

|high_school=Minden (LA)

|College=LSU

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=0

|Weight_lbs=235

|NFLDraftedYear=1962

|NFLDraftedRound=13

|NFLDraftedPick=181
(By the New York Giants)

|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1962}}–{{CFL Year|1970}}

|playing_team1=Ottawa Rough Riders

|career_highlights=

• 2× Grey Cup champion - 1968, 69
• Second-team All-SEC (1961)

|CFLAllStar={{CFL Year|1969}}

|CFLEastAllStar={{CFL Year|1963}}, {{CFL Year|1964}}, {{CFL Year|1966}}, {{CFL Year|1969}}

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Billy Joe Booth (April 7, 1940 – June 30, 1972) was an American-born Canadian football player. He played professional football with the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1962 to 1970. A graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, he was drafted by the New York Giants in round thirteen, draft number 181 of the 1962 NFL draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerb/boot00100.html|title=Billy Joe Booth CFL Stats and Bio|website=profootballarchives.com|access-date=July 15, 2023}} Booth was killed in a plane crash in Ontario in 1972.{{Cite web|title=Billy Joe Booth|url=https://www.cflapedia.com/Players/b/booth_billy_joe.htm|access-date=2020-07-28|website=www.cflapedia.com}}