Billy Harris Howton
Position: E
Height: 6-2 Weight: 191 lbs.
Born: July 5, 1930 in Littlefield, TX
College: Rice
4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 2nd round (15th overall) of the 1952 Draft
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View Details For: 61 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1952* | 22 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 53 | 1231 | 23.2 | 13 | 90 | 4.4 | 102.6 | 1231 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
| 1953 | 23 | GNB | RE | 8 | 0 | 25 | 463 | 18.5 | 4 | 80 | 3.1 | 57.9 | 463 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 1954 | 24 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 52 | 768 | 14.8 | 2 | 59 | 4.3 | 64.0 | 768 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 1955* | 25 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 44 | 697 | 15.8 | 5 | 60 | 3.7 | 58.1 | 697 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 1956*+ | 26 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 55 | 1188 | 21.6 | 12 | 66 | 4.6 | 99.0 | 1188 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
| 1957*+ | 27 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 38 | 727 | 19.1 | 5 | 77 | 3.2 | 60.6 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 747 | 5 | 1 |
| 1958 | 28 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 36 | 507 | 14.1 | 2 | 50 | 3.0 | 42.3 | 507 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 1959 | 29 | CLE | RE | 12 | 0 | 39 | 510 | 13.1 | 1 | 36 | 3.3 | 42.5 | 510 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 1960 | 30 | DAL | FL | 11 | 7 | 23 | 363 | 15.8 | 4 | 41 | 2.1 | 33.0 | 363 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 1961 | 31 | DAL | SE | 14 | 0 | 56 | 785 | 14.0 | 4 | 53 | 4.0 | 56.1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 794 | 4 | 1 |
| 1962 | 32 | DAL | SE | 14 | 0 | 49 | 706 | 14.4 | 6 | 69 | 3.5 | 50.4 | 706 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 1963 | 33 | DAL | SE | 11 | 6 | 33 | 514 | 15.6 | 3 | 44 | 3.0 | 46.7 | 514 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 142 | 13 | 503 | 8459 | 16.8 | 61 | 90 | 3.5 | 59.6 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 8488 | 61 | 6 | |||
| 7 yrs | GNB | 80 | 0 | 303 | 5581 | 18.4 | 43 | 90 | 3.8 | 69.8 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5601 | 43 | 5 | ||
| 4 yrs | DAL | 50 | 13 | 161 | 2368 | 14.7 | 17 | 69 | 3.2 | 47.4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2377 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 1 yr | CLE | 12 | 0 | 39 | 510 | 13.1 | 1 | 36 | 3.3 | 42.5 | 510 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1952* | 22 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1953 | 23 | GNB | RE | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 24 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1955* | 25 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957*+ | 27 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | DAL | FL | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 31 | DAL | SE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 142 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 7 yrs | GNB | 80 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | DAL | 50 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1952* | 22 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 13 | 78 | ||||||||||
| 1953 | 23 | GNB | RE | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 24 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1955* | 25 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1956*+ | 26 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 1957*+ | 27 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 28 | GNB | RE | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 29 | CLE | RE | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | DAL | FL | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 31 | DAL | SE | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1962 | 32 | DAL | SE | 14 | 0 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1963 | 33 | DAL | SE | 11 | 6 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Career | 142 | 13 | 61 | 366 | |||||||||||||
| 7 yrs | GNB | 80 | 0 | 43 | 258 | ||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | DAL | 50 | 13 | 17 | 102 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | CLE | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
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1952 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1952 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1952 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL 1955 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1955 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL 1956 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1957 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1959 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL |