1. Hal Patterson was the second-leading rebounder for Kansas' 1953 national runner-up team that lost the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship game by a single point to Indiana University.
10 Facts About Hal Patterson
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That same year, Hal Patterson set a record that has yet to be matched, when he caught passes for 338 yards in a single game and set the record of 88 catches that stood up for 11 years before Terry Evanshen broke it in 1967.
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Hal Patterson set records with 1914 receiving yards, 2039 scrimmage yards and 2858 all purpose yards.
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Hal Patterson's receiving yards record stood until 1983 when Terry Greer beat his record with 2003 yards.
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Hal Patterson was a member of the Alouettes until being part of a controversial trade in 1960 that sent him to the last-place Hamilton Tiger-Cats with fellow Montreal star quarterback Sam Etcheverry.
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Hal Patterson's impact was immediate, as he helped to lead the Tiger-Cats to the 1961 Grey Cup, where the Ti-Cats lost in overtime to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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Hal Patterson still holds the record of 580 yards for most pass-receiving yards in Grey Cup history.
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Hal Patterson scored 54 touchdowns in his 14-year Canadian pro career and had 34 games with at least 100 yards in pass receptions.
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Hal Patterson was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
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In November 2006, Hal Patterson was voted one of the CFL's top 50 players in a poll conducted by Canadian sports network TSN.