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Sport(s)
  
Football

Overall
  
35–30–6

1929–1937
  
Pittsburg State


Position(s)
  
Fullback

1926–1928
  
Nebraska

Name
  
Blue Howell

Died
  
April 15, 1964(1964-04-15) (aged 58–59) Omaha, Nebraska

Edward E. "Blue" Howell was an American football player and coach. He was the fifth head football coach at Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg—now known as Pittsburg State University—in Pittsburg, Kansas, serving for eight seasons, from 1929 to 1935 and again in 1937, compiling a record of 35–30–6.

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Playing career

Howell played college football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln under head coach Ernest E. Bearg from 1926 until 1928. Weighing 185 pounds, he was the lightest member of the Cornhuskers but was considered one of the best fullbacks in the Big Six Conference. He was inducted into the program's "Hall of Fame" in 1978.

Death

Howell died of a heart attack in 1964 at his home in Omaha, Nebraska.

References

Blue Howell Wikipedia