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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==
==Biography==
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>
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).
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.