Gabe Patterson

Gabe Patterson
Nickname(s)	"Galloping Gabe"
Born:	Deep South, United States
Career information
CFL status	American
Position(s)	Halfback, Kicker
College	Kentucky State, Pittsburgh
Career history
As player
1947–48	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1947, 1948

Gabe Patterson is a former all-star Canadian football player.

Patterson played high school football in Pittsburgh, and his college football at Kentucky State and the University of Pittsburgh[1] and was signed by the Montreal Alouettes in 1947, but was released.[2] He then signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, playing two seasons and was selected an all-star in both seasons.[3]

Patterson was the first African-American to play for the Roughriders, breaking the colour barrier, like Herb Trawick.[4] His wife and three daughters lived in Pittsburgh.[1]

References

"Regina Grid Fans Blow Gabe's Horn". The Winnipeg Tribune. October 18, 1948. p. 15. Retrieved December 19, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
Regina Lays Claim to Charlton: Riders set sights on 1948, by George Foster, Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 27, 1948
CFLAPEDIA entry - Saskatchewan Roughriders and Gabe Gets Major Score for Regina, Ottawa Citizen, Sept. 29, 1947
The Rider Pride 100th anniversary book states that Robert "Stonewall" Jackson was the first African-American Rider player, in 1930. He was a porter with the railways and is in a team picture from that year. See: The Migration of African Americans to the Canadian Football League during the mid-20th Century: An Escape from Discrimination? by Neil Longley, Todd Crosset and Steve Jefferson (all Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts), IASE/NAASE Working Paper Series, Paper No. 07-13, June 2007.

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[wpgtrib-1] "Regina Grid Fans Blow Gabe's Horn". The Winnipeg Tribune. October 18, 1948. p. 15. Retrieved December 19, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] Regina Lays Claim to Charlton: Riders set sights on 1948, by George Foster, Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 27, 1948

[3] CFLAPEDIA entry - Saskatchewan Roughriders and Gabe Gets Major Score for Regina, Ottawa Citizen, Sept. 29, 1947

[4] The Rider Pride 100th anniversary book states that Robert "Stonewall" Jackson was the first African-American Rider player, in 1930. He was a porter with the railways and is in a team picture from that year. See: The Migration of African Americans to the Canadian Football League during the mid-20th Century: An Escape from Discrimination? by Neil Longley, Todd Crosset and Steve Jefferson (all Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts), IASE/NAASE Working Paper Series, Paper No. 07-13, June 2007.