Red Howard

Red Howard
No. 10, 24
Position	Guard
Personal information
Born	November 23, 1900; Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	May 29, 1973 (aged 72); Essex Fells, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school	Haverhill
College	Princeton (1922–1924)
Career history
	Brooklyn Horsemen (1926); Brooklyn Lions (1926); New York Giants (1927);
Awards and highlights
	NFL champion (1927);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Albert Franklin "Red" Howard (November 23, 1900 – May 29, 1973) was an American football guard who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Brooklyn Lions and New York Giants. He was also a member of the Brooklyn Horsemen of the American Football League (AFL).^[1] Howard played college football for the Princeton Tigers.

Amateur career

Howard attended Haverhill High School in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He first enrolled at New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (which became the University of New Hampshire in 1923) where he was captain of the freshman football team in 1919.^[2] He transferred to Princeton University in 1920,^[3] where he played for the varsity Tigers football team for the 1922 through 1924 seasons.^[4]^[5] He also played lacrosse at Princeton, and earned a B.S. degree there in 1925.^[5]

Professional career

Howard played in four games for the Brooklyn Horsemen of the American Football League in 1926.^[1] The Horsemen merged with the Brooklyn Lions of the National Football League on November 12, 1926, and he played in three games for the Lions during the 1926 NFL season.^[1]^[6]

Howard played in one game for the 1927 New York Giants.^[1]

Personal life

Howard served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.^[5] In 1923, Howard's father captured a young Bengal tiger while in India on an expedition, and sent it to Princeton as a mascot.^[7] Howard was married in 1926.^[5]

References

1 2 3 4 "RED HOWARD". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
↑ "Fine 1920 Outlook at New Hampshire". The Boston Globe. December 1, 1919. p. 7. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
↑ "Haverhill Has One Player on Tiger Eleven". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1922. p. 4. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
↑ "Haverhill Boy Expected to Play for Tigers Saturday". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1924. p. 9. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
1 2 3 4 Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. p. 387. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
↑ "Historical Moments". sportsecyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
↑ Cleeton, Christa (December 3, 2014). "Which came first? The Tiger or his stripes?". princeton.edu. Retrieved February 21, 2020.

External links

Red Howard at Find a Grave

[A-1] 1 2 3 4 "RED HOWARD". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

[2] "Fine 1920 Outlook at New Hampshire". The Boston Globe. December 1, 1919. p. 7. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.

[3] "Haverhill Has One Player on Tiger Eleven". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1922. p. 4. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.

[4] "Haverhill Boy Expected to Play for Tigers Saturday". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1924. p. 9. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.

[WW-5] 1 2 3 4 Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. p. 387. Retrieved February 16, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.

[6] "Historical Moments". sportsecyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

[7] Cleeton, Christa (December 3, 2014). "Which came first? The Tiger or his stripes?". princeton.edu. Retrieved February 21, 2020.

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