Billy Howard Sr. (July 17, 1950 – February 13, 2005) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
defensive lineman who played three seasons with the
Detroit Lions of the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL). He was drafted by the Lions in the second round of the
1974 NFL Draft
The 1974 NFL draft took place at the Americana Hotel in New York City, New York, on January 29–30, 1974. Each of the 26 NFL teams were granted 17 selections for a total of 442 picks.
Many experts consider the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers to have ha ...
. He played
college football at
Alcorn State University and attended
Coahoma Agricultural High School
Coahoma Early College High School (CECHS), formerly Coahoma Agricultural High School (CAHS), is a public secondary school in unincorporated Coahoma County, Mississippi (United States), with a Clarksdale postal address. The school is designated a ...
in
Clarksdale, Mississippi. Howard was also a member of the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fie ...
of the
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
.
Howard died February 13, 2005, in Grand Prairie, Texas, at the age of 54.
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
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1950 births
2005 deaths
Players of American football from Mississippi
American football defensive ends
Canadian football defensive linemen
African-American players of American football
African-American players of Canadian football
Alcorn State Braves football players
Detroit Lions players
Winnipeg Blue Bombers players
Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
Sportspeople from Clarksdale, Mississippi
20th-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American people