# Blue Howell
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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1905–1964)}}
{{other people|Edward Howell}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Blue Howell
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1905
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|4|15|1905}}
| death_place = [Omaha, Nebraska](/source/Omaha%2C_Nebraska), U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1926–1928
| player_team1 = [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football)
| player_positions = [Fullback](/source/Fullback_(gridiron_football))
| coach_years1 = 1929–1935
| coach_team1 = [Pittsburg State](/source/Pittsburg_State_Gorillas_football)
| coach_years2 = 1937
| coach_team2 = [Pittsburg State](/source/Pittsburg_State_Gorillas_football)
| overall_record = 35–30–6
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 [CIC](/source/Central_Intercollegiate_Conference) (1935)
| awards =
* 2× First-team All-[Big Six](/source/Big_Eight_Conference) ([1927](/source/1927_All-Missouri_Valley_Conference_football_team), [1928](/source/1928_All-Big_Six_Conference_football_team))
* Second-team All-[MVC](/source/Missouri_Valley_Conference) ([1926](/source/1926_All-Missouri_Valley_Conference_football_team))
| coaching_records =
}}
'''Edward E. '''"'''Blue'''"''' Howell''' (1905 – April 15, 1964) was an American [college football](/source/college_football) player and coach. He was the fifth head football coach at Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg—now known as [Pittsburg State University](/source/Pittsburg_State_University)—in [Pittsburg, Kansas](/source/Pittsburg%2C_Kansas), serving for eight seasons, from 1929 to 1935 and again in 1937, compiling a record of 35–30–6.[[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/miaa/pittsburg_state/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920141605/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/miaa/pittsburg_state/coaching_records.php |date=September 20, 2010 }} Pittsburg State University Gorrillas all-time coaching records]
==Playing career==
Howell played [college football](/source/college_football) at the [University of Nebraska–Lincoln](/source/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln) under head coach [Ernest E. Bearg](/source/Ernest_E._Bearg) from 1926 until 1928. Weighing 185 pounds, he was the lightest member of the [Cornhuskers](/source/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football)[[https://web.archive.org/web/20101121022147/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,928296,00.html Time] "Football" December 3, 1928] but was considered one of the best [fullbacks](/source/Fullback_(gridiron_football)) in the [Big Six Conference](/source/Big_Eight_Conference).[[http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv17/CFHSNv17n4i.pdf 1927 RUSHING SHOWDOWN] By James Mark Purcell] He was inducted into the program's "Hall of Fame" in 1978.[[http://www.huskers.com/pdf7/40188.pdf?ATCLID=2722&SPSID=8&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100 University of Nebraska Cornhuskers] Athletic Hall of Fame]
==Death==
Howell died of a heart attack in 1964 at his home in [Omaha, Nebraska](/source/Omaha%2C_Nebraska).[''Columbus Daily Telegram'', April 15, 1964, Columbus, Nebraska]
==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [Pittsburg State Gorillas](/source/Pittsburg_State_Gorillas_football)
| conf = [Central Intercollegiate Conference](/source/Central_Intercollegiate_Conference)
| startyear = 1929
| endyear = 1935
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1929](/source/1929_college_football_season)
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 1–5–2
| conference = 1–3–2
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1930](/source/1930_college_football_season)
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1931](/source/1931_college_football_season)
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1932](/source/1932_college_football_season)
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 6–1–2
| conference = 4–1–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1933](/source/1933_college_football_season)
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 4–3–2
| conference = 2–2–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1934](/source/1934_college_football_season)
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [1935](/source/1935_college_football_season)
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [Pittsburg State Gorillas](/source/Pittsburg_State_Gorillas_football)
| conf = [Central Intercollegiate Conference](/source/Central_Intercollegiate_Conference)
| startyear = 1937
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1937](/source/1937_college_football_season)
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 35–30–6
| confrecord = 20–18–5
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 35–30–6
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
==References==
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Category:1905 births
Category:1964 deaths
Category:American football fullbacks
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
Category:Pittsburg State Gorillas football coaches
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