Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Jump to content

Mike Howell: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
BU RoBOT (talk | contribs)
353,949 edits
m →top: Change hyphens to endashes for years in Template:Infobox gridiron football person (Task 16)
 
(30 intermediate revisions by 27 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|American football player (born 1943)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox gridiron football person
{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name =
| name = Mike Howell
| image =
| image =
| alt =
| alt =
| caption =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|7|5}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|7|5}}
| birth_place = [[West Monroe, Louisiana]]
| birth_place = [[West Monroe, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
| team =
| team =
| number =
| number = 34, 43
| status =
| status =
| position1 = [[Safety (football position)|Safety]]
| position1 = [[Defensive Back (football position)|Safety]]
| height_ft =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in =
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb =
| weight_lb = 195
| college = [[Grambling State University|Grambling State]]
| college = [[Grambling State University|Grambling State]]
| NFLDraftedYear = 1965
| NFLDraftedYear = 1965
| NFLDraftedRound = 8 / Pick 111
| NFLDraftedRound = 8
| NFLDraftedPick =
| NFLDraftedPick = 111
| NFLDraftedTeam =
| NFLDraftedTeam = Cleveland Browns
| AFLDraftedYear = 1965
| AFLDraftedRound = [[1965 American Football League draft#Round fifteen|15]]
| AFLDraftedPick = 118
| AFLDraftedTeam = [[San Diego Chargers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/1965AFLDraft.html|title=1965 AFL Draft|access-date=March 23, 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225154441/http://profootballarchives.com/1965AFLDraft.html|archivedate=February 25, 2017}}</ref>
| playing_years1 = 1965–1972
| playing_years1 = 1965–1972
| playing_team1 = [[Cleveland Browns]]
| playing_team1 = [[Cleveland Browns]]
Line 25: Line 31:
| playing_team2 = [[Miami Dolphins]]
| playing_team2 = [[Miami Dolphins]]
| career_highlights =
| career_highlights =
| DatabaseFootball = HOWELMIK01
| DatabaseFootball =
| DatabaseFootball-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20151024134714/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HOWELMIK01
| NFL-new = mikehowell/2516905
}}
}}
⚫
'''Michael Lionel Howell''' (born July 5, 1943 in [[West Monroe, Louisiana]]) was an [[American football]] [[defensive back]] who played with the [[National Football League]]'s [[Cleveland Browns]] and the [[Miami Dolphins]]. Howell was drafted by the Browns in the eighth round of the [[1965 NFL Draft]] out of [[Grambling State University|Grambling State]].<ref>Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary (Eds.). ''The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition'', p. 1402. [[Sterling Publishing]], 2006. ISBN 978-1-4027-4216-3.</ref>


⚫
'''Michael Lionel Howell''' (born July 5, 1943) is a former [[American football]] [[defensive back]] who played with the [[National Football League]] (NFL)'s [[Cleveland Browns]] and the [[Miami Dolphins]]. Howell was drafted by the Browns in the eighth round of the [[1965 NFL draft]] out of [[Grambling State University|Grambling State]].<ref>Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary (Eds.). ''The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition'', p. 1402. [[Sterling Publishing]], 2006. {{ISBN|978-1-4027-4216-3}}.</ref>
⚫
A college quarterback,<ref name="Peticca 12">Peticca, Mike. [http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2012/08/cleveland_browns_100_best_all-_5.html "Cleveland Browns' 100 best all-time players: No. 89 -- Mike Howell (video)"]. ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'', August 16, 2012. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.</ref> Howell converted to defensive back in the NFL. He began as a cornerback, winning a starting job in 1966, and moved to free safety in 1968.<ref name="Peticca 12" /> Howell did not miss a league game during his career in Cleveland,<ref name="Peticca 12" /> and intercepted 27 passes during his NFL career.<ref>Neft, David S. & Cohen, Richard M. ''The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional NFL Football from 1892 to the Present,'' p. 478. [[St. Martin's Press]], 1991. ISBN 0-312-05089-5.</ref>

⚫
A college quarterback,<ref name="Peticca 12">Peticca, Mike. [http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2012/08/cleveland_browns_100_best_all-_5.html "Cleveland Browns' 100 best all-time players: No. 89 -- Mike Howell (video)"]. ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'', August 16, 2012. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.</ref> Howell converted to defensive back in the NFL. Howell felt he had no chance playing quarterback in the NFL due to his race. At the time African-Americans were stereotyped as not being able to successfully play the position. "I know I'm not going into the NFL as a black quarterback," is what Howell told his coach, the legendary [[Eddie Robinson (American football coach)|Eddie Robinson]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1089725-why-african-american-qbs-are-systemically-trained-to-abandon-mechanics|title=Why African-American QBs Are Systemically Trained to Abandon Mechanics|last=Schalter|first=Ty|work=Bleacher Report|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en-US}}</ref> So, he changed to cornerback, winning a starting job in 1966, and moved to free safety in 1968.<ref name="Peticca 12" /> Howell did not miss a league game during his career in Cleveland,<ref name="Peticca 12" /> and intercepted 27 passes during his NFL career.<ref>Neft, David S. & Cohen, Richard M. ''The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional NFL Football from 1892 to the Present,'' p. 478. [[St. Martin's Press]], 1991. {{ISBN|0-312-05089-5}}.</ref>


In 2012, the [[Cleveland Plain Dealer]] selected Howell as one of the 100 best players in Browns history.<ref name="Peticca 12" />
In 2012, the [[Cleveland Plain Dealer]] selected Howell as one of the 100 best players in Browns history.<ref name="Peticca 12" />


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

{{San Diego Chargers 1965 draft navbox}}
{{Browns1965DraftPicks}}
{{Authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Howell, Mike}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howell, Mike}}
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Ouachita Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:People from West Monroe, Louisiana]]
[[Category:American football cornerbacks]]
[[Category:American football cornerbacks]]
[[Category:American football safeties]]
[[Category:American football safeties]]
Line 45: Line 58:
[[Category:Miami Dolphins players]]
[[Category:Miami Dolphins players]]
[[Category:Grambling State Tigers football players]]
[[Category:Grambling State Tigers football players]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]




Latest revision as of 20:27, 3 October 2024

Mike Howell
No. 34, 43
Date of birth (1943-07-05) July 5, 1943 (age 81)
Place of birthWest Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)Safety
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight195 lb (88 kg)
US collegeGrambling State
AFL draft1965 / round: 15 / pick: 118
Drafted bySan Diego Chargers[1]
NFL draft1965 / round: 8 / pick: 111
Drafted byCleveland Browns
Career history
As player
1965–1972Cleveland Browns
1972Miami Dolphins

Michael Lionel Howell (born July 5, 1943) is a former American football defensive back who played with the National Football League (NFL)'s Cleveland Browns and the Miami Dolphins. Howell was drafted by the Browns in the eighth round of the 1965 NFL draft out of Grambling State.[2]

A college quarterback,[3] Howell converted to defensive back in the NFL. Howell felt he had no chance playing quarterback in the NFL due to his race. At the time African-Americans were stereotyped as not being able to successfully play the position. "I know I'm not going into the NFL as a black quarterback," is what Howell told his coach, the legendary Eddie Robinson.[4] So, he changed to cornerback, winning a starting job in 1966, and moved to free safety in 1968.[3] Howell did not miss a league game during his career in Cleveland,[3] and intercepted 27 passes during his NFL career.[5]

In 2012, the Cleveland Plain Dealer selected Howell as one of the 100 best players in Browns history.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "1965 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  2. ^ Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary (Eds.). The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition, p. 1402. Sterling Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4027-4216-3.
  3. ^ a b c d Peticca, Mike. "Cleveland Browns' 100 best all-time players: No. 89 -- Mike Howell (video)". Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 16, 2012. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
  4. ^ Schalter, Ty. "Why African-American QBs Are Systemically Trained to Abandon Mechanics". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  5. ^ Neft, David S. & Cohen, Richard M. The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional NFL Football from 1892 to the Present, p. 478. St. Martin's Press, 1991. ISBN 0-312-05089-5.


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to an American football defensive back born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike_Howell&oldid=1249218507"