Blue Howell
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1905–1964)}}
{{other people|Edward Howell}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Blue Howell
| image =
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| birth_date = 1905
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|4|15|1905}}
| death_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1926–1928
| player_team1 = Nebraska
| player_positions = Fullback
| coach_years1 = 1929–1935
| coach_team1 = Pittsburg State
| coach_years2 = 1937
| coach_team2 = Pittsburg State
| overall_record = 35–30–6
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 CIC (1935)
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Edward E. "Blue" Howell (1905 – April 15, 1964) was an American college 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.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/miaa/pittsburg_state/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920141605/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/miaa/pittsburg_state/coaching_records.php |date=September 20, 2010 }} Pittsburg State University Gorrillas all-time coaching records
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20101121022147/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,928296,00.html Time] "Football" December 3, 1928 but was considered one of the best fullbacks in the Big Six Conference.[http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv17/CFHSNv17n4i.pdf 1927 RUSHING SHOWDOWN] By James Mark Purcell He was inducted into the program's "Hall of Fame" in 1978.[http://www.huskers.com/pdf7/40188.pdf?ATCLID=2722&SPSID=8&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100 University of Nebraska Cornhuskers] Athletic Hall of Fame
Death
Howell died of a heart attack in 1964 at his home in Omaha, Nebraska.Columbus Daily Telegram, April 15, 1964, Columbus, Nebraska
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Pittsburg State Gorillas
| conf = Central Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1929
| endyear = 1935
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 1–5–2
| conference = 1–3–2
| confstanding = 7th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1932
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 6–1–2
| conference = 4–1–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1933
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 4–3–2
| conference = 2–2–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1934
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1935
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Pittsburg State Gorillas
| conf = Central Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1937
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Pittsburg State
| overall = 35–30–6
| confrecord = 20–18–5
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 35–30–6
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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Category:American football fullbacks
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
Category:Pittsburg State Gorillas football coaches
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