Sherman Howard (American football)
Howard on a 1951 Bowman football card | |||||||||||||
| No. 76, 46, 44, 30 | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Halfback Defensive back | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born: | November 28, 1924 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died: | December 5, 2019 (aged 95) Richton Park, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Wendell Phillips Academy (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Iowa (1946) Nevada (1947-1948) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1949: undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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| Career NFL/AAFC statistics | |||||||||||||
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Sherman John Howard (November 28, 1924 – December 5, 2019) was a professional American football player. He played professionally as a halfback for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Yanks and Cleveland Browns. At the time of his death, Howard was considered to be both the oldest living African American NFL player [1] and the oldest living Cleveland Brown.[2] Prior to his NFL career, Howard served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After his NFL career Howard was both a high school coach and teacher. Howard resided in a suburb of Chicago. He died in December 2019 at the age of 95.[3]
NFL/AAFC career statistics
| Legend | |
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| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1949 | NYY | 12 | 6 | 117 | 459 | 3.9 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1950 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 71 | 362 | 5.1 | 60 | 3 | 12 | 278 | 23.2 | 40 | 5 |
| 1951 | NYY | 12 | 12 | 94 | 343 | 3.6 | 31 | 4 | 21 | 447 | 21.3 | 75 | 3 |
| 1952 | CLE | 5 | 4 | 34 | 95 | 2.8 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 219 | 19.9 | 57 | 3 |
| 1953 | CLE | 12 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | 22 | 323 | 1,301 | 4.0 | 79 | 10 | 45 | 968 | 21.5 | 75 | 11 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1949 | NYY | 1 | 0 | 16 | 37 | 2.3 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 16 | 37 | 2.3 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ "Black History Month".
- ^ "Top 25 - Oldest Living Cleveland Browns". Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ Sherman Howard, last of the players who reintegrated pro football in the 1940s, has died at 95
External links
- Career statistics from Pro Football Reference ·