Patrick J. McGroder is a former American football executive. He served as the interim general manager of the Buffalo Bills in 1983. McGroder started working for the team in 1961. McGroder is included on the Bills' Wall of Fame in Ralph Wilson Stadium.[1] According to a write-up in the Olean Times Herald, McGroder was a liquor store owner who had no qualifications for his position other than being a crony of owner Ralph Wilson's and a fan of the team.[2]