Ron Howell
Ron Howell
Born: December 4, 1935
Hamilton, ON
Deceased: March 16, 1992
Position: HB,HB/FW,DB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185
College: Westdale Collegiate
High School: Westdale (Hamilton, ON)
Career: 1954-1966
Ron Howell played from 1954 to 1966 during his career with the BC Lions, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts. Howell ran for 208 yards in his career on 27 attempts, scoring 2 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 99 passes for 2,161 yards and 20 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 21 | 1 |
| 1955 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17 | 135 | 7.9 | 50 | 1 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 208 | 7.7 | 50 | 2 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 51 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6 | 162 | 27.0 | 41 | 2 |
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 33 | 2 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | 97 | 24.2 | 37 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34 | 756 | 22.2 | 66 | 6 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 25 | 624 | 25.0 | 82 | 8 |
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 18 | 1 |
| 1962 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 8 | 192 | 24.0 | 49 | 1 |
| Totals | 99 | 2161 | 21.8 | 82 | 20 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 43 |
| Totals | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 43 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 53 | 580 | 10.9 | 90 | 1 |
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 107 | 7.6 | 26 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 65 | 391 | 6.0 | 83 | 1 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 81 | 553 | 6.8 | 69 | 1 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 60 | 478 | 8.0 | 82 | 2 |
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 32 | 105 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 56 | 174 | 3.1 | 26 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 25 | 41 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL BC Lions | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 13 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 35 | 151 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 449 | 2673 | 6.0 | 90 | 5 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 28 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 391 | 27.9 | 56 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9 | 199 | 22.1 | 36 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 29 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 843 | 24.1 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 50 | 1 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 39 | 1 |
| 1965 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 5 | 123 | 24.6 | 70 | 1 |
| Totals | 19 | 350 | 18.4 | 70 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1954 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 1955 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| 1960 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1964 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1966 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10 | |
| 1955 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12 | |
| 1956 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | |
| 1957 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12 | |
| 1958 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1959 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | |
| 1960 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10 | |
| 1961 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | |
| 1962 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9 | |
| 1962 | CFL | BC Lions | 5 | |
| 1964 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 13 | |
| 1965 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 12 | |
| 1966 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 14 |
Awards
1958 - CFL Most Outstanding Canadian
Honors
1958 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1958 - CFL Shrine East All-Star
1959 - CFL CFL East All-Star
