HOUSTON — Billy Howton, a former Green Bay Packers star considered one of the productive vast receivers of the pre-Tremendous Bowl period in addition to a founder and the primary president of the NFL Gamers Affiliation, has died. He was 95.
Howton died in Houston on Monday, in line with an obituary. Bradshaw-Carter Funeral Dwelling confirmed his loss of life Friday.
Born in Littlefield, Texas, in 1930, Howton was believed to have been the oldest residing NFL participant.
Howton scored the Packers’ first receiving landing at Lambeau Discipline in 1957. He was a second-round choice by the Packers in 1952 and have become the primary NFL rookie with a 1,000-yard receiving season after recording 1,231 yards that yr. He led the league in receiving yards twice, was named to 4 Professional Bowls and was a two-time All-Professional.
He holds Inexperienced Bay’s single-game franchise report with 257 receiving yards in a 1956 sport towards the Los Angeles Rams. When he retired in 1963, he was the NFL’s all-time main receiver in receptions (503) and receiving yards (8,459). He was inducted into the Packers Corridor of Fame in 1974.
“For my cash, Howton is the hardest cross receiver to cowl within the Nationwide League,” Corridor of Fame security Emlen Tunnell mentioned earlier than the 1958 season, which was Howton’s final with the Packers.
After seven years in Inexperienced Bay, Howton was traded to the Cleveland Browns in 1959 after which to Dallas as a member of the Cowboys‘ inaugural workforce in 1960. He spent the remainder of his profession there, taking part in for coach Tom Landry with quarterbacks Eddie LeBaron and Don Meredith.
Howton was an All-American in school at Rice and is a member of the Rice Corridor of Fame.