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{{Infobox person
|name=Billy Joe Booth
(American player in the Canadian Football League)
|birth_date=April 7, 1940
|birth_place=[[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date=June 30, 1972 (aged 32)
|death_place=Dorchester, [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Westlawn Memorial Park in Gretna in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|
|spouse=Janice Schouest Booth<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Mike Booth<br>
Coy Ulysses Booth (deceased)
|religion=Missionary [[Baptist]]
|alma_mater=[[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]
[[Louisiana State University]]
}}
'''Billy Joe Booth''' (April 7, 1940 – June 30, 1972) played professional [[football]] with the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League from 196 to 1970. He graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. After his football career, Booth was an [[Electricity|electrical]] contractor. Booth was killed in 1972 in an airplane crash in the province of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
==Background==
Booth was born and reared in the small city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. His parents were Coy Dexter Booth (1915-2004) and the former Fern Nation (1915-2001). He graduated in 1958 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]], where one of his football coaches was his maternal uncle, Patrick Cary Nation (1918-2005), and then in 1962 from LSU, at which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education.<ref>Booth obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' July 2, 1972.</ref>
At Minden High School, Booth played football from 1954 to 1957. Booth won "All-State" and the "Outstanding Blocker" honors in 1956. He also played [[baseball]] in 1956 and ran Track and field from 1955 to 1958. He was All-State in track in 1957. He was a member of the MHS Student Council in his senior year.<ref>Minden High School ''Grig'' yearbook, 1958.</ref> At LSU, he played in the 1962 Senior Bowl.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79897412/billy-joe-booth|title=Billy Joe Booth|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 16, 2019}}</ref>
Booth married the former Janice Schouest, whom he met at LSU, and was the father of two sons, Mike Booth (born c. 1963) and Coy Ulysses Booth (c. 1965-2002: automobile accident victim).
==CFL playing career==
Booth was a defensive end for the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1962 to 1970. At six feet tall and 240 pounds, many had considered him too small to be a defensive end. Booth won Grey Cup championships in1968 and 1969. The team also lost the 54th Grey Cup game in 1966. In 1969, Booth was named CFL all-star and was also won CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award in the eastern division of the CFL that year, but lost to defensive tackle John LaGrone of the Edmonton Eskimos.
==Death==
Booth and his friend, James W. Magee, Jr. (1938–1972), were killed in an [[airplane]] crash in Ontario. The two were in Canada on a [[fishing]] trip when their four-seat Piper Cherokee Arrow crashed during a thunderstorm. Witnesses said that the plane blew up and fell to the ground, with wreckage spread over an area of some one and one-half miles. The plane was en route from Windsor to London, Ontario but crashed some ten miles before reaching its destination.<ref>"Billy Joe Booth crash victim: With Riders nine years, ''The Ottawa Citizen,'' July 3, 1972; "Billy Joe Booth killed as small plane crashes, ''The[[Toronto]], July 1, 1972</ref>
Booth is interred at Westlawn Memorial Park in Gretna in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Billy Joe}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
|name=Billy Joe Booth
(American player in the Canadian Football League)
|birth_date=April 7, 1940
|birth_place=[[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date=June 30, 1972 (aged 32)
|death_place=Dorchester, [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Westlawn Memorial Park in Gretna in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|
|spouse=Janice Schouest Booth<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Mike Booth<br>
Coy Ulysses Booth (deceased)
|religion=Missionary [[Baptist]]
|alma_mater=[[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]
[[Louisiana State University]]
}}
'''Billy Joe Booth''' (April 7, 1940 – June 30, 1972) played professional [[football]] with the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League from 196 to 1970. He graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. After his football career, Booth was an [[Electricity|electrical]] contractor. Booth was killed in 1972 in an airplane crash in the province of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
==Background==
Booth was born and reared in the small city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. His parents were Coy Dexter Booth (1915-2004) and the former Fern Nation (1915-2001). He graduated in 1958 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]], where one of his football coaches was his maternal uncle, Patrick Cary Nation (1918-2005), and then in 1962 from LSU, at which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education.<ref>Booth obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' July 2, 1972.</ref>
At Minden High School, Booth played football from 1954 to 1957. Booth won "All-State" and the "Outstanding Blocker" honors in 1956. He also played [[baseball]] in 1956 and ran Track and field from 1955 to 1958. He was All-State in track in 1957. He was a member of the MHS Student Council in his senior year.<ref>Minden High School ''Grig'' yearbook, 1958.</ref> At LSU, he played in the 1962 Senior Bowl.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79897412/billy-joe-booth|title=Billy Joe Booth|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 16, 2019}}</ref>
Booth married the former Janice Schouest, whom he met at LSU, and was the father of two sons, Mike Booth (born c. 1963) and Coy Ulysses Booth (c. 1965-2002: automobile accident victim).
==CFL playing career==
Booth was a defensive end for the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1962 to 1970. At six feet tall and 240 pounds, many had considered him too small to be a defensive end. Booth won Grey Cup championships in1968 and 1969. The team also lost the 54th Grey Cup game in 1966. In 1969, Booth was named CFL all-star and was also won CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award in the eastern division of the CFL that year, but lost to defensive tackle John LaGrone of the Edmonton Eskimos.
==Death==
Booth and his friend, James W. Magee, Jr. (1938–1972), were killed in an [[airplane]] crash in Ontario. The two were in Canada on a [[fishing]] trip when their four-seat Piper Cherokee Arrow crashed during a thunderstorm. Witnesses said that the plane blew up and fell to the ground, with wreckage spread over an area of some one and one-half miles. The plane was en route from Windsor to London, Ontario but crashed some ten miles before reaching its destination.<ref>"Billy Joe Booth crash victim: With Riders nine years, ''The Ottawa Citizen,'' July 3, 1972; "Billy Joe Booth killed as small plane crashes, ''The[[Toronto]], July 1, 1972</ref>
Booth is interred at Westlawn Memorial Park in Gretna in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Billy Joe}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Football]]
[[Category:Baptists]]