Billy Howton
Billy Harris Howton
Born: July 5, 1930
Littlefield, TX USA
Position: E
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 191
College: Rice
High School: Plainview (TX)
Career: 1952-1963
Drafted: 1952 in Round 2, #15 overall by the Green Bay Packers
Billy Howton played from 1952 to 1963 during his career with the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers. Howton caught 503 passes for 8,459 yards and 61 receiving touchdowns in his career. He also ran for 29 yards in his career on 5 attempts.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 53 | 1231 | 23.2 | 90 | 13 |
1953 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 25 | 463 | 18.5 | 80 | 4 |
1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 52 | 768 | 14.8 | 59 | 2 |
1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 44 | 697 | 15.8 | 60 | 5 |
1956 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 55 | 1188 | 21.6 | 66 | 12 |
1957 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 38 | 727 | 19.1 | 77 | 5 |
1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 36 | 507 | 14.1 | 50 | 2 |
1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 39 | 510 | 13.1 | 36 | 1 |
1960 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 23 | 363 | 15.8 | 41 | 4 |
1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 56 | 785 | 14.0 | 53 | 4 |
1962 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 49 | 706 | 14.4 | 69 | 6 |
1963 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 33 | 514 | 15.6 | 44 | 3 |
Totals | 503 | 8459 | 16.8 | 90 | 61 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1953 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1957 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1960 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1952 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||||||||
1953 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
1956 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
1957 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1960 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1961 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1962 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
1963 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Totals | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 366 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1953 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 8 | 0 |
1954 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1955 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1956 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1957 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1958 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1959 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
1960 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 7 |
1961 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
1962 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
1963 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 6 |
Honors
1952 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1952 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1955 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1955 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)