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Dixie Howell 
Sport(s) Football, baseball Biographical details Born November 24, 1912 Place of birth Hartford, Alabama Died March 2, 1971 (aged 58) Place of death Hollywood, California Playing career Football
1932–1934
1937
Baseball
1933–1935
Alabama
Washington Redskins
AlabamaPosition(s) Halfback (football) Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1935
1938–1941
1946
1947–1950
Baseball
1946
Pumas CU
Arizona State
Alabama (assistant)
Idaho
AlabamaHead coaching record Overall 36–35–5 (American college football)
13–7 (college baseball)Bowls 0–1–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 2 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1939–1940) Awards All-American, 1934 College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1970 (profile)Millard Fleming "Dixie" Howell (November 24, 1912 – March 2, 1971) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played college football as a halfback at the University of Alabama from 1932 to 1934 and with the Washington Redskins of the NFL in 1937. Howell served as the head football coach at Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe, now Arizona State University, from 1938 to 1941 and at the University of Idaho from 1947 to 1950, compiling a career coaching record of 36–35–5 in American college football. He also coached at the National University of Mexico in 1935. Howell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.
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Playing career
Howell played college football at Alabama from 1932 to 1934. He was a consensus All-American in 1934, as well as one of the best punters. The 1934 Alabama team had two future legends as ends: Don Hutson and Paul "Bear" Bryant. The Crimson Tide posted a 10–0 record, defeating previously unbeaten Stanford in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, 1935. Howell is a member of the all-time Rose Bowl team.
In 1937, Howell briefly played professional football in the NFL for the Washington Redskins, who had just relocated from Boston. The Redskins had lost the NFL Championship Game in 1936 to Green Bay, but returned to the title game in 1937 and defeated the Chicago Bears at Wrigley Field.
Coaching career
Howell started his coaching career at the National University of Mexico in 1935, then moved to Arizona State, where he was the head coach from 1938 to 1941, compiling a 23–15–4 record. They were champions of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1939 and 1940, and played in the Sun Bowl both seasons. Following World War II, Howell was the head coach at the University of Idaho of the Pacific Coast Conference from 1947 to 1950 and compiled a record of 13–20–1.
In media
Howell had an uncredited role in the 1936 movie, The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as a football player.[1] In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, in an attempt to cheer up her brother, tells him he resembles Dixie Howell.
Howell is also mentioned in Randy Newman's song "My Daddy Knew Dixie Howell" from the album Good Old Boys.
Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Arizona State Bulldogs (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1938–1941) 1938 Arizona State 3–6 0–5 7th 1939 Arizona State 8–2–1 5–1 1st T Sun 1940 Arizona State 7–2–2 4–1–1 1st L Sun 1941 Arizona State 5–5–1 2–4–1 7th Arizona State: 23–15–4 11–11–2 Idaho Vandals (Pacific Coast Conference) (1947–1950) 1947 Idaho 4–4 1–4 9th 1948 Idaho 3–6 1–5 9th 1949 Idaho 3–5 1–4 9th 1950 Idaho 3–5–1 1–1–1 T–4th Idaho: 13–20–1 4–14–1 Total: 36–35–5 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
External links
- Dixie Howell at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Dixie Howell at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Dixie Howell at Pro-Football-Reference.com
- Dixie Howell at the Internet Movie Database
Kelly 1915–1917 Harsh · CreenScott 1919–1922 Wade 1923–1930 Thomas 1931–1946 Drew 1947–1954 Whitworth 1955–1957 Starr · WallsBryant 1958–1982 Perkins 1983–1986 Curry 1987–1989 Dunn · D. Smith · Sutton · HollingsworthStallings 1990–1996 DuBose 1997–2000 Phillips · Tucker · Zow · WattsFranchione 2001–2002 Zow · WattsShula 2003–2006 Saban 2007–current Arizona State Sun Devils head football coaches Frederick M. Irish (1896) • No team (1897–1898) • Frederick M. Irish (1899–1900) • No team (1901) • Frederick M. Irish (1902–1906) • No team (1907–1913) • George Schaeffer (1914–1916) • No team (1917–1918) • George E. Cooper (1919) • No team (1920–1921) • Ernest C. Wills (1922) • Aaron McCreary (1923–1929) • Ted Shipkey (1930–1932) • Rudy Lavik (1933–1937) • Dixie Howell (1938–1941) • Hilman Walker (1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Steve Coutchie (1946) • Ed Doherty (1947–1950) • Larry Siemering (1951) • Clyde B. Smith (1952–1954) • Dan Devine (1955–1957) • Frank Kush (1958–1979) • Bob Owens # (1979) • Darryl Rogers (1980–1984) • John Cooper (1985–1987) • Larry Marmie (1988–1991) • Bruce Snyder (1992–2000) • Dirk Koetter (2001–2006) • Dennis Erickson (2007– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Alabama Crimson Tide head baseball coaches Shelby Fletcher (1892) • W. M. Walker (1893) • J. H. Lyons (1894) • J. F. Jenkins (1895) • Eli Abbott (1896) • Kid Peeples (1897) • Joseph Black (1898) • F. C. Owen (1899) • Ardis Smith (1900) • Thomas C. Stouch (1901–1905) • Schwartz (1906) • J. W. H. Pollard (1907–1910) • Guy Lowman (1911) • D. V. Graves (1912–1915) • B. L. Noojin (1916–1919) • Gordon W. Lewis (1920) • Charles Bernier (1921–1923) • Wallace Wade (1924–1927) • Hank Crisp (1928) • Jess Neely (1929–1930) • Sam Hinton (1930–1931) • Jennings B. Whitworth (1932–1933) • Tilden Campbell (1935–1942) • Paul Burnham (1943) • No team (1944–1945) • Dixie Howell (1946) • Tilden Campbell (1947–1963) • Joe Sewell (1964–1969) • Hayden Riley (1970–1979) • Barry Shollenberger (1980–1994) • Jim Wells (1995–2009) • Mitch Gaspard (2010– )
Idaho Vandals head football coaches Unknown (1893) G. E. Higgins (1894–1895) • No team (1896) • G. E. Higgins (1897) • No team (1898) • Morse (1899) • Frank Herbold (1900–1901) • John G. Griffith (1902–1906) • J. R. Middleton (1907–1908) • John S. Grogan (1909) • John G. Griffith (1910–1914) • Charles M. Rademacher (1915) • Wilfred C. Bleamaster (1916–1917) • No team (1918) • Ralph Hutchinson (1919) • Thomas Kelley (1920–1921) • Robert L. Mathews (1922–1925) • Charles F. Erb (1926–1928) • Leo Calland (1929–1934) • Ted Bank (1935–1940) • Francis Schmidt (1941–1942) • No team (1943–1944) • James A. Brown (1945–1946) • Dixie Howell (1947–1950) • Raymond A. Curfman (1951–1953) • Skip Stahley (1954–1961) • Dee Andros (1962–1964) • Stephen Musseau (1965–1967) • Y. C. McNease (1968–1969) • Don Robbins (1970–1973) • Ed Troxel (1974–1977) • Jerry Davitch (1978–1981) • Dennis Erickson (1982–1985) • Keith Gilbertson (1986–1988) • John L. Smith (1989–1994) • Chris Tormey (1995–1999) • Tom Cable (2000–2003) • Nick Holt (2004–2005) • Dennis Erickson (2006) • Robb Akey (2007– )
Washington Redskins 1937 NFL Champions Jim Barber | Cliff Battles | Sammy Baugh | Chuck Bond | Eddie Britt | Vic Carroll | Turk Edwards | Dixie Howell | Don Irwin | Ed Justice | Ed Kahn | Jim Karcher | Ed Kawal | Henry Krause | Max Krause | Charley Malone | Bob McChesney | Ed Michaels | Wayne Millner | Les Olsson | Nelson Peterson | Erny Pinckert | Ben Smith | George Smith | Riley Smith | Bill Young
Head Coach Ray FlahertyCategories:- 1912 births
- 1971 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaches
- Alabama Crimson Tide baseball players
- Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches
- Alabama Crimson Tide football players
- Arizona State Sun Devils football coaches
- Idaho Vandals football coaches
- Washington Redskins players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- American military personnel of World War II
- United States Navy officers
- People from Hartford, Alabama
- Players of American football from Alabama
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