{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1931–2009)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football person |image = |name=Howard Waugh |caption= |birth_date=February 24, 1931 |birth_place=Grenada, Mississippi, U.S. |death_date={{dda|2009|11|29|1931|2|24}} |death_place=Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |Position=Halfback |number= |College=Tulsa |NFLDraftedYear = 1953 |NFLDraftedRound = 6 |NFLDraftedPick = 72 |career_highlights= * Eddie James Memorial Trophy (1954) * CFL West All-Star (1954) |playing_years1=1954 & 1957 |playing_team1=Calgary Stampeders }} '''Howard Waugh''' (February 24, 1931 – November 29, 2009) was an all-star and record setting halfback who played in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with the Calgary Stampeders.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fanbase.com/Howard-Waugh |title=FANBASE entry : Howard Waugh |access-date=2012-04-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122191804/http://www.fanbase.com/Howard-Waugh |archive-date=2013-01-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
A graduate of the University of Tulsa, Waugh joined the Calgary Stampeders in 1954.<ref>[http://www.stampeders.com/history/all_time_roster/#W Calgary Stampeders All-Time Roster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228175834/http://www.stampeders.com/history/all_time_roster/ |date=2012-02-28 }}</ref> He made Canadian football history when he became the first player to officially rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season (1043).<ref>Howard Waugh Sets Record for Total Yardage Gained Edmonton Journal, October 30, 1954</ref> His promising all-star career was interrupted with two years of military service.<ref>Eskie Ace Nears Record The Leader-Post, October 14, 1955</ref> Waugh returned to the Stamps for one final season, and in 1957 he rushed for 499 yards and two touchdowns and added eight catches for 122 yards.<ref>Waugh, Hess Join Stamps Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 6, 1957</ref><ref>[https://www.stampeders.com/2014/11/06/history-howard-waugh/ Stamps’ Waugh was first to 1,000]</ref>
Waugh later worked with IBM and had a long career in house construction, his most passionate and rewarding career as construction supervisor for Tulsa Habitat for Humanity.<ref>[http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=426&articleid=20091202_Ob_obsl_7083393 Tulsaworld obituary: Howard B. Waugh]</ref> He died November 27, 2009, age 78.
==See also== * List of college football yearly rushing leaders
==References== {{Reflist}}
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