{{Short description|English rugby league footballer}} {{for|the American actor and director|C. Thomas Howell}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Tommy Howell |fullname = Thomas Howell |nickname = |image = Thomas Howell - Wakefield Trinity.jpeg |imagesize = 192 |caption = |birth_date = |death_date = |height(ft) = |height(inch) = |weight = |position = {{rlp|CE}} |club1 = Wakefield Trinity |year1start = 1895 |year1end = 1900 |appearances1 = 163 |tries1 = 14 |goals1 = 15 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 20 }}
'''Thomas Howell''' was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity, as a {{rlp|ce}}, he played in Wakefield Trinity's first ever match in the Northern Union (now the Rugby Football League), the 0-11 defeat by Bradford F.C. during the inaugural 1895–96 season at Park Avenue, Bradford on Saturday 7 September 1895.<ref name="Heritage Numbers Released">{{cite web|url=http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news/2014/11/heritage-numbers-released|title=Heritage Numbers Released|publisher=wakefieldwildcats.co.uk|date=21 November 2014|accessdate=17 December 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222131039/http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news/2014/11/heritage-numbers-released|archivedate=22 December 2015}}</ref>
==Playing career== Howell appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
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==External links== <!--* [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Tommy-Howell/summary.html Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org]--> <!--* [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Thomas-Howell/summary.html Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org]--> * [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=Howell Search for "Howell" at rugbyleagueproject.org]
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