Stan Patrick

{{Short description|American basketball player (1922–2000)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Stan Patrick

| image = Stan_Patrick,_c._1944.jpg

| caption = The Illio, 1944

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|5|5}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|1|1|1922|5|5}}

| death_place = Belvidere, Illinois

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 185

| highschool = Leo (Chicago, Illinois)

| college =

• Santa Clara (1940–1943)
• Illinois (1943–1944)

| career_start = 1944

| career_end = 1950

| career_number = 8

| career_position = Forward / guard

| years1 = 1944–1947

| team1 = Chicago American Gears

| years2 = 1947–1948

| team2 = Flint Dow A.C.'s

| years3 = 1948–1949

| team3 = Hammond Calumet Buccaneers

| years4 = 1949–1950

| team4 = Waterloo Hawks

| years5 = 1950

| team5 = Sheboygan Red Skins

| years6 = 1950

| team6 = Kansas City Hi-Spots

| cyears1 = 1944–1945

| cteam1 = De La Salle Institute

| cyears2 = 1951–1964

| cteam2 = Belvidere HS

| highlights =

• NBL champion (1947)
• All-NBL First Team (1945)
• NBL Rookie of the Year (1945)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 321

| stat2label = Assists

| stat2value = 74

| bbr = patrist01

}}

Stanley Augustus Patrick (May 5, 1922 – January 1, 2000{{cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/deceased.html|title=Known Deceased Basketball Individuals|website=www.apbr.org}}) was an American National Basketball Association player.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/patrist01.html|title=Stan Patrick NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 May 2023}}

Patrick played collegiate basketball at Santa Clara University before World War II.{{cite web|url=http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/01/stan-patrick.html|title=Peach Basket Society: Stan Patrick|first=Peach|last=Basket|date=21 January 2016|publisher=}} His roommate at Santa Clara was future Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt. After the advent of World War II, Patrick returned to the University of Illinois.

He played with the Waterloo Hawks and Sheboygan Red Skins during the 1949–50 NBA season.

Patrick had also played in the National Basketball League (NBL), and was named Rookie of the Year for the 1945–46 season.