Billy Joe Booth | |
Import: | yes |
Position1: | Defensive end |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1940 |
Birth Place: | Minden, Louisiana, U.S. |
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: | – |
Playing Team1: | Ottawa Rough Riders |
Career Highlights: | |
Cfleastallstar: | ,,, |
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.[1] Booth was killed in a plane crash in Ontario in 1972.[2]