US EditionFormer Packers Standout and First-Ever Player Union President, Billy Howton, Dead at 95
HOUSTON, TEXAS, AUG 8 – Howton was the NFL's all-time leading receiver at retirement and a pioneering players' union president who led the league in receiving yards twice, with four Pro Bowl selections.
- Billy Howton, the first president of the NFL Players Association and former Green Bay Packers standout, has died at age 95 in Houston.
- Howton played a pivotal role in establishing the NFLPA and advocating for player rights such as pensions, disability coverage and representation.
- He held NFL records for most career receptions and receiving yards when he retired, and still holds Packers records for most receiving yards in a game and 200-plus-yard receiving games .
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Helena Independent Record
Packers star Billy Howton dies at 95
HOUSTON — Billy Howton, a former Green Bay Packers star regarded as one of the most productive wide receivers of the pre-Super Bowl era who was a founder and the first president of the NFL Players Association, has died. He…
Billy Howton, considered the longest-lived NFL player and former star of the Green Bay Packers, died at age 95. According to an obituary, Howton, who was born in Littlefield, Texas, in 1930, died in Houston on Monday without specifying the cause of death, until yesterday the Bradshaw-Carter funeral home confirmed his death.
Wisconsin State Journal
Lake Geneva NewsFormer Packers star Billy Howton, believed to have been the oldest living NFL player, dies at 95
Howton was regarded as one of the most productive wide receivers of the pre-Super Bowl era and was a founder and the first president of the NFL Players Association.
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