Professional Hockey Player. A native of Hamilton, Ontario, and the brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Harry Howell, he played for teams in the AHL, EHL, NHL, OHA, and the OHASR Hockey Leagues. At 6’00”, and 185lbs, Howell played for the Guelph Biltmores from 1954 to 1955, New York Rangers from 1954 to 1956, Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen from 1956 to 1957, Vancouver Canucks from 1958 to 1959, Rochester Americans from 1960 to 1961, and the Long Island Ducks from 1962 to 1964. Howell also played football in the CFL for 12 years. He passed away from cancer in Hamilton, Ontario, in March 1992, at the age of 56.