Sherman Howard
Sherman John Howard
Born: November 28, 1924
New Orleans, LA USA
Deceased: December 5, 2019
Position: HB-DB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 193
College: Iowa, Nevada-Reno
High School: Wendell Phillips (Chicago, IL)
Career: 1949-1953
Sherman Howard played from 1949 to 1953 during his career with the Cleveland Browns, New York Yankees and New York Yanks. Howard ran for 1,301 yards in his career on 323 attempts, scoring 10 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 45 passes for 968 yards and 11 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 117 | 459 | 3.9 | 79 | 3 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 71 | 362 | 5.1 | 60 | 3 |
| 1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 94 | 343 | 3.6 | 31 | 4 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 34 | 95 | 2.8 | 22 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 34 | 0 |
| AAFC | 117 | 459 | 3.9 | 79 | 3 | |
| NFL | 206 | 842 | 4.1 | 60 | 7 | |
| Totals | 323 | 1301 | 4.0 | 79 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 12 | 278 | 23.2 | 40 | 5 |
| 1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 21 | 447 | 21.3 | 75 | 3 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 11 | 219 | 19.9 | 57 | 3 |
| AAFC | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| NFL | 44 | 944 | 21.5 | 75 | 11 | |
| Totals | 45 | 968 | 21.5 | 75 | 11 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 8 | 240 | 30.0 | 89 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| AAFC | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 10 | 268 | 26.8 | 89 | 1 | |
| Totals | 14 | 363 | 25.9 | 89 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| AAFC | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| NFL | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 26 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
| 1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| AAFC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| NFL | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |
| Totals | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC | New York Yankees | 12 | 6 |
| 1950 | NFL | New York Yanks | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | New York Yanks | 12 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 5 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
