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| Nickname(s) | "Galloping Gabe" |
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| Born: | September 9, 1919 Greenwood, South Carolina |
| Died: | October 26, 1991 (aged 72) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | American |
| Position(s) | Halfback, Kicker |
| College | Kentucky State, Pittsburgh |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1947–48 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1947, 1948 |
| Gabe Patterson | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1941, for the New York Black Yankees | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1948, for the Philadelphia Stars | |
| Teams | |
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Gabe Patterson (September 9, 1919 – October 26, 1991) was an American professional multi-sport athlete who played Canadian football and Negro league baseball.
Patterson played high school football at Schenley High School in Pittsburgh,[1][2] and his college football at Kentucky State and the University of Pittsburgh.[3] He was signed by the Montreal Alouettes in 1947, but was released.[4] He then signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, playing two seasons and was selected an all-star in both seasons.[5] Patterson was the first African-American to play for the Roughriders, breaking the colour barrier, like Herb Trawick.[6]
Patterson also played professional baseball for the New York Black Yankees in 1941 and 1947, and for the Philadelphia Stars in 1947 and 1948.[2] He had a wife and three daughters,[3] and died in Pittsburgh in 1991 at age 72. His previously unmarked grave was marked by the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project in 2009.[7]
