Teddy Howling

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Use British English|date = April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Teddy Howling

| image =

| fullname = Edward Howling

| birth_date = 1885

| birth_place = Stockton-on-Tees, England

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1955|1885}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| height = 5 ft 11 in{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19130818/093/0005 |title=The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Bristol City |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=18 August 1913 |page=5 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}| years1 =

| clubs1 = South Bank St Peter's

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 =

| clubs2 = South Park

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1910–1913

| clubs3 = Middlesbrough

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 =

| clubs4 = South Park

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 1913–1914

| clubs5 = Bristol City

| caps5 = 55

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1919–1920

| clubs6 = Bradford (Park Avenue)

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| years7 =

| clubs7 = Pontypridd

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

| nationalyears1 = 1910–1912

| nationalteam1 = England Amateurs

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Edward Howling (1885–1955) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City and Middlesbrough as a goalkeeper.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=145}}{{Cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Middlesbrough FC Miscellany |date=15 July 2014 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-4168-3 |language=en}} He was capped by England at amateur level.{{Cite web |title=England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/matchrsl/MatchRslAm.html |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=www.englandfootballonline.com}}

Personal life

Howling served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War.{{Cite web |title=Remembering those who defended our freedoms |url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/remembering-those-who-defended-our-freedoms-1/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=Bristol City |language=en}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Middlesbrough

|1910–11{{Cite web |title=Edward Howling |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/edward-howling-45808/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=11v11.com}}

|First Division

|1

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

Bristol City

|1914–15{{Cite web |title=Bristol City Squad 1914/15 |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/bristol-city-squad-191415/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=Football and the First World War |language=en-US}}

|Second Division

|37

|0

|2

|0

|39

|0

colspan="3" |Career total

!38

!0

!2

!0

!40

!0

References