# Red Howard

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{{Short description|American football player (1900–1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Red Howard
| image       = File:Red Howard, Princeton Tackle, 1923.jpg
| number      = 10, 24
| position    = [Guard](/source/Guard_(American_football))
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1900|11|23}}
| birth_place = [Haverhill, Massachusetts](/source/Haverhill%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1973|5|29|1900|11|23}}
| death_place = [Essex Fells, New Jersey](/source/Essex_Fells%2C_New_Jersey), U.S.
| height_ft   = 5
| height_in   = 11
| weight_lbs  = 192
| high_school = [Haverhill](/source/Haverhill_High_School)
| college     = [Princeton](/source/Princeton_Tigers_football) (1922–1924)
| pastteams   =
* [Brooklyn Horsemen](/source/Brooklyn_Horsemen) (1926)
* [Brooklyn Lions](/source/Brooklyn_Lions) ({{NFL Year|1926}})
* [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants) ({{NFL Year|1927}})
| highlights  =
* [NFL champion](/source/History_of_National_Football_League_Championship) ({{NFL Year|1927}})
| pfr         = H/HowaRe20
}}
'''Albert Franklin "Red" Howard''' (November 23, 1900 – May 29, 1973) was an American [football](/source/American_football) [guard](/source/Guard_(American_football)) who played two seasons in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL) with the [Brooklyn Lions](/source/Brooklyn_Lions) and [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants). He was also a member of the [Brooklyn Horsemen](/source/Brooklyn_Horsemen) of the [American Football League](/source/American_Football_League_(1926)) (AFL).<ref name="A">{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/howa03400.html | title=RED HOWARD | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=July 25, 2015 | archive-date=July 25, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725210557/http://www.profootballarchives.com/howa03400.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Howard played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [Princeton Tigers](/source/Princeton_Tigers_football).

==Amateur career==
Howard attended  [Haverhill High School](/source/Haverhill_High_School) in [Haverhill, Massachusetts](/source/Haverhill%2C_Massachusetts). He first enrolled at [New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts](/source/New_Hampshire_College_of_Agriculture_and_the_Mechanic_Arts) (which became the [University of New Hampshire](/source/University_of_New_Hampshire) in 1923) where he was captain of the freshman football team in 1919.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44588870/fine_1920_outlook_at_new_hampshire/ |title=Fine 1920 Outlook at New Hampshire |newspaper=[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |page=7 |date=December 1, 1919 |accessdate=February 16, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He transferred to [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) in 1920,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44589401/haverhill_has_one_player_on_tiger_eleven/ |title=Haverhill Has One Player on Tiger Eleven |newspaper=[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |page=4 |date=November 11, 1922 |accessdate=February 16, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> where he played for the varsity [Tigers football](/source/Princeton_Tigers_football) team for the 1922 through 1924 seasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44589886/haverhill_boy_expected_to_play_for/ |title=Haverhill Boy Expected to Play for Tigers Saturday |newspaper=[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |page=9 |date=November 4, 1924 |accessdate=February 16, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=WW/> He also played [lacrosse](/source/lacrosse) at Princeton, and earned a [B.S.](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) degree there in 1925.<ref name=WW>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica00unse |title=Who's Who in American Sports |publisher=National Biographical Society |year=1928 |access-date=February 16, 2020 |page=387 |via=[Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Howard played in four games for the [Brooklyn Horsemen](/source/Brooklyn_Horsemen) of the [American Football League](/source/American_Football_League_(1926)) in 1926.<ref name="A"/> The Horsemen merged with the [Brooklyn Lions](/source/Brooklyn_Lions) of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) on November 12, 1926, and he played in three games for the Lions during the [1926 NFL season](/source/1926_NFL_season).<ref name="A"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/brookl/horselions.html |title=Historical Moments |publisher=sportsecyclopedia.com |accessdate=July 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725171059/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/brookl/horselions.html |archivedate=July 25, 2015 }}</ref>

Howard played in one game for the [1927 New York Giants](/source/1927_New_York_Giants_season).<ref name="A"/>

==Personal life==
Howard served in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) from 1917 to 1919.<ref name=WW/> In 1923, Howard's father captured a young [Bengal tiger](/source/Bengal_tiger) while in [India](/source/India) on an expedition, and sent it to Princeton as a mascot.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2014/12/which-came-first-the-tiger-or-his-stripes/ |title=Which came first? The Tiger or his stripes? |first=Christa |last=Cleeton |website=princeton.edu |date=December 3, 2014 |accessdate=February 21, 2020}}</ref> Howard was married in 1926.<ref name=WW/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Find a Grave}}

{{1927 New York Giants}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Red}}
Category:1900 births
Category:1973 deaths
Category:American football guards
Category:New Hampshire Wildcats football players
Category:Princeton Tigers football players
Category:Brooklyn Horsemen players
Category:Brooklyn Lions players
Category:New York Giants players
Category:Sportspeople from Haverhill, Massachusetts
Category:Players of American football from Essex County, Massachusetts
Category:United States Navy personnel of World War I

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