Howard Glenn

Howard Glenn
Date of birth	September 26, 1934
Place of birth	Vancouver, Washington, U.S.
Date of death	October 9, 1960 (aged 26)
Place of death	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Offensive guard
Uniform number	66
US college	Linfield College
Career history
As player
1959	CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1960	AFL New York Titans
Career stats
Seasons	1
Games	4
Games Started	0
	Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

Howard Earl Glenn (September 26, 1934 – October 9, 1960) was an American gridiron football player. He played collegiately at Linfield College and professionally with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL)^[1] and in the American Football League (AFL). He was the only AFL player to die from injuries sustained in a regular season football game.^[2]

Glenn was born in Vancouver, Washington, and played high school football in Louisville, Mississippi.^[3]^[4] At Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, he played tight end and in 1956 caught a 75-yard touchdown pass. He was named to the all-Northwest Conference team in 1957.^[5]^[6]

In 1960, the AFL's inaugural season, Glenn joined the AFL New York Titans as an offensive guard.^[7] Glenn sustained a broken neck in the first half during a game^[8] vs. the Houston Oilers on October 9, 1960, at Jeppesen Stadium and died later that day.^[9]

References

^ Toronto Star, Tuesday October 11, 1960, p. 21.
^ "AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE (AFL) 1960 - 1969, Remember the Players of the AFL". Retrieved March 26, 2008.
^ "Howard Glenn". Retrieved March 28, 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Vancouver Football History". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
^ "Newsregister.com: The Streak 1956 to 1975". Retrieved March 29, 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Northwest Conference Football History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2006. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
^ "Howard Glenn". Archived from the original on April 15, 2004. Retrieved March 26, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "New York Jets Howard Glenn". Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
^ Conner, Floyd (September 2000). Football's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of the Great Game's Outrageous. Potomac Books. ISBN 9781574883091. Retrieved March 26, 2008.

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