Howdy Gray

Howard Kramer "Howdy" Gray (August 28, 1901 – September 6, 1955) was a college football player and surgeon.

Howdy Gray
Born(1901-08-28)August 28, 1901
DiedSeptember 6, 1955(1955-09-06) (aged 54)
Occupationsurgeon
College football career
Princeton Tigers
PositionEnd
Career history
CollegePrinceton (1922)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-American (1922)
  • National championship (1922)

Princeton

Gray was a prominent end on the Princeton Tigers football team.

Gray's score in the Chicago game.

1922

On the national champion "Team of Destiny" in its game against Chicago, Howdy picked up a fumble and ran it 40 yards for the touchdown. Gray's father, the president of the Union Pacific Railroad, wildly waved his program and hit a woman in the shoulder. "Hey, that's my wife," a man shouted at him. "Sorry," the excited father said, "but that was my boy who scored." "Oh," the husband said. "Hit her again."[1][2] Various selectors picked Gray for All-American.[3]

An impostor claiming to be the 1922 All-American end from Princeton surnamed Gray managed to get signed to the St. Louis All-Stars of the National Football League. The impostor, who misquoted Gray's first name as Jack "Dolly" Gray, was then pawned off onto the Green Bay Packers after it became clear he was not the Princeton end.

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References
  1. Jon Blackwell. "1922:The Team of Destiny".
  2. Mark F. Bernstein (2009). Princeton Football. p. 51. ISBN 9780738565842.
  3. e. g. Lawrence Perry (1922-12-17). "All-America Selection Discloses Unusual Number of Great Backs: Perry Observed Them". San Antonio Light.


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