Born: January 20, 1937
Hometown: Middleton, TN
Year of Induction: 1977
College Basketball Career
Mississippi State (1955-1959)
• Career scoring: 2,030 points
• Best percentage of field goal attempts made in a season, 56.8 (’56-’57)
• INS All American (’57-’58)
• Most points scored in a single game, 47 (’58-’59)
• Led the SEC with a season average of 27.8 points per game (’57-’58)
• Led the SEC with a season average of 25.5 points per game (’58-’59)
Pro Basketball Career
Detroit Pistons (1959-1964)
• Finished second to Wilt Chamberlain in NBA’s Rookie of the Year Voting
Baltimore Bullets (1964-1966)
• Scored 10,000th point of his professional career
Boston Celtics (1966-1970)
• NBA Champions (’68, ‘69)
Philadelphia 76ers (1970-1971)
•First male Mississippian elected to the National Basketball Hall of Fame in January, 1997.
Did You Know?
Howell scored 17,770 points during his professional career.
