George Patterson (basketball)


George Patterson was an American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association. Patterson was originally drafted in the twelfth round of the 1961 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals. He would finally play in the NBA with the Detroit Pistons from 1967 to 1968. Later, he was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1968 NBA Expansion Draft.
He attended high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
George Patterson was the grandfather of Shea Patterson, quarterback of the University of Michigan football team.