{{short description|American squash player (born 1941)}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Ralph Eliot Howe III | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|05|12}} | country = United States | education = Yale University | sport = Hardball squash | titles = U.S. National Junior Champion (1960); Intercollegiate Champion (1962, 1963); U.S. National Singles Champion (1964); U.S. National Doubles Champion (6×, 1965–1976); United States Open Champion (1967) | relatives = Sam Howe (older brother) }}
'''Ralph Eliot Howe III''' (born 12 May 1941)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10017508|title=Ralph Howe|publisher=ITF|accessdate=17 November 2015}}</ref> is an American hardball squash player. He was one of the leading squash players in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
== Early life and education == Howe won the US national junior title in 1960. He then went on to win the intercollegiate title in 1962 and 1963 while at Yale University.
== Career == In 1964, Howe beat three former national champions on his way to winning the US national singles title. Howe also won the US national doubles title six times between 1965 and 1976.
== United States Open 1967 == In 1967, Howe won the United States Open.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.squashtalk.com/usopen/history1.htm|title=Historical Information about the US and North American Opens.|publisher=Squashtalk.com|accessdate=2 March 2010|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116211937/http://squashtalk.com/usopen/history1.htm|archivedate=16 January 2010}}</ref> He defeated three-time defending-champion Mo Khan in the semi-finals, before going on to beat his older brother Sam Howe in the final, to become one of only four amateurs ever to win the most prestigious open tournament on the North American continent.
== Honors == Howe was inducted into the United States Squash Racquets Association Hall of Fame in 2002.
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