Born in Aberdeen in 1923, Pattillo joined his home town team in 1938 and, like so many players of his generation, had his career interrupted by the Second World War.
What did change therefore was one of the most audacious signings in Scottish football history as Anderson persuaded superstar Billy Steel to join the Dark Blues for a world record fee of £24,000.
Pattillo ran on to a Flavell through ball and shot high past Bobby Brown in the Rangers goal to put the Dark Blues 2-1 ahead.
Dundee returned to Hampden just five months later when they appeared in their second final of the season but there was no joy this time in the Scottish Cup as Motherwell took the trophy back to Lanarkshire with a 4–0 win.
That summer he moved back to his hometown team Aberdeen to take up a coaching role but in February 1953 he was appointed manager of St Johnstone and pulled on their light blue shirt eight times to become one of the first player/managers in Scottish Football history.