[tps_title]Billy Howton[/tps_title]
Best Season
1952: 12 games, 53 receptions, 1,231 yards, 13 touchdowns
Season Before Leaving
1969: 12 games, 36 receptions, 507 yards, 2 touchdowns
Post Packers
Howton had a couple good years with the Cowboys.
Howton didn’t leave the Packers voluntarily. He showed up one day and Vince Lombardi told him he was getting shipped to Cleveland. It’s rumored Lombardi made the trade because Howton was the NFLPA president.
Receiving | |||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
1952* | 22 | GNB | 12 | 53 | 1231 | 23.2 | 13 | 90 | 4.4 | 102.6 | |
1953 | 23 | GNB | 8 | 25 | 463 | 18.5 | 4 | 80 | 3.1 | 57.9 | |
1954 | 24 | GNB | 12 | 52 | 768 | 14.8 | 2 | 59 | 4.3 | 64.0 | |
1955* | 25 | GNB | 12 | 44 | 697 | 15.8 | 5 | 60 | 3.7 | 58.1 | |
1956*+ | 26 | GNB | 12 | 55 | 1188 | 21.6 | 12 | 66 | 4.6 | 99.0 | |
1957*+ | 27 | GNB | 12 | 38 | 727 | 19.1 | 5 | 77 | 3.2 | 60.6 | |
1958 | 28 | GNB | 12 | 36 | 507 | 14.1 | 2 | 50 | 3.0 | 42.3 | |
1959 | 29 | CLE | 12 | 39 | 510 | 13.1 | 1 | 36 | 3.3 | 42.5 | |
1960 | 30 | DAL | 11 | 7 | 23 | 363 | 15.8 | 4 | 41 | 2.1 | 33.0 |
1961 | 31 | DAL | 14 | 56 | 785 | 14.0 | 4 | 53 | 4.0 | 56.1 | |
1962 | 32 | DAL | 14 | 49 | 706 | 14.4 | 6 | 69 | 3.5 | 50.4 | |
1963 | 33 | DAL | 11 | 6 | 33 | 514 | 15.6 | 3 | 44 | 3.0 | 46.7 |
Career | 142 | 13 | 503 | 8459 | 16.8 | 61 | 90 | 3.5 | 59.6 | ||
7 yrs | GNB | 80 | 0 | 303 | 5581 | 18.4 | 43 | 90 | 3.8 | 69.8 | |
4 yrs | DAL | 50 | 13 | 161 | 2368 | 14.7 | 17 | 69 | 3.2 | 47.4 | |
1 yr | CLE | 12 | 0 | 39 | 510 | 13.1 | 1 | 36 | 3.3 | 42.5 |
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