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Billy Howton

Howton, Billy Harris
Height: 6-2 Weight: 191
Born: July 3, 1930 Littlefield, TX
Died: August 4, 2025 Houston, TX
High School: Plainview (TX)

Year	College	Status
1948	Rice
1949	Rice	Lettered
1950	Rice	Lettered
1951	Rice	Lettered

Draft: 2nd round (15th overall) 1952 Green Bay Packers

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1952 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1952 GB NFL	86	ROE	12	12
1953 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1953 GB NFL	86	ROE	8	8
1954 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1954 GB NFL	86	ROE	12	11
1955 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1955 GB NFL	86	ROE	12	12
1956 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1956 GB NFL	86	ROE	12	12
1957 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1957 GB NFL	86	ROE	12	12
1958 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1958 GB NFL	86	ROE	12	12
1959 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1959 CLE NFL	86	ROE	12	12
1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL	81	FL-SE	11	6
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL	81	SE	14	14
1962 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1962 DAL NFL	81	SE	14	14
1963 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1963 DAL NFL	81	SE-TE	11	6
12 Years (NFL)12 Years NFL			142	131

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/17/1952	1952 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1952 GB NFL
Signed	5/5/1952	1952 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1952 GB NFL
Negotiation Rights Traded		1959 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1959 CLE NFL
Signed	7/20/1959	1959 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1959 CLE NFL
Released		1960 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1960 CLE NFL
Signed		1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL
Free Agent	5/1/1964	1963 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1963 DAL NFL

AWARDS
1952 New York Daily News All-NFL
1956 Associated Press All-NFL
1956 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1956 United Press All-NFL
1956 United Press All-NFL
1956 New York Daily News All-NFL
1957 Associated Press All-NFL
1957 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1957 United Press All-NFL
1957 United Press All-NFL
1957 New York Daily News All-NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1952 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1952 GB NFL	13	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	78
1953 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1953 GB NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1954 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1954 GB NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1955 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1955 GB NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30
1956 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1956 GB NFL	12	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	72
1957 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1957 GB NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30
1958 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1958 GB NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1959 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1959 CLE NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1962 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1962 DAL NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1963 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1963 DAL NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	61	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	366

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1957 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1957 GB NFL	4	20	5.0	11	0		0	0
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL	1	9	9.0	9	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	29	5.8	11	0		0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1952 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1952 GB NFL		53		1231	23.2	90t	13
1953 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1953 GB NFL		25		463	18.5	80t	4			3
1954 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1954 GB NFL		52		768	14.8	59	2				0
1955 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1955 GB NFL		44		697	15.8	60	5
1956 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1956 GB NFL		55		1188	21.6	66t	12				0
1957 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1957 GB NFL		38		727	19.1	77t	5
1958 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1958 GB NFL		36		507	14.1	50	2				0
1959 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1959 CLE NFL		39		510	13.1	36t	1			0	0
1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL		23		363	15.8	41t	4				0
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL		56		785	14.0	53	4
1962 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1962 DAL NFL		49		706	14.4	69t	6				0
1963 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1963 DAL NFL		33		514	15.6	44t	3				0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		503		8459	16.8	90t	61			3	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1952 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1952 GB NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1953 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1953 GB NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1954 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1954 GB NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1955 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1955 GB NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1957 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1957 GB NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1960 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1960 DAL NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1961 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1961 DAL NFL	1		1	0	1	4	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	4	0	4	4	0

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