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'''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]].​

'''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==​

==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>   

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>   

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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).​

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==​

==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.​

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==​

==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 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>​

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