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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.
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 Globe and Mail,'' July 1, 1972.</ref>
Booth is interred at Westlawn Memorial Park in Gretna in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].<ref name=findagrave/>
Booth is interred at Westlawn Memorial Park in Gretna in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].<ref name=findagrave/>