Don Howe

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Don Howe
Personal information
Full name Donald Howe
Date of birth 12 October 1935 (1935-10-12) (age 72)
Place of birth    Springfield, Wolverhampton, England
Playing position Right Back
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1952–1964
1964–1966		 West Bromwich Albion
Arsenal		 342 (17)
070 0(1)   
National team
1957–1959 England 023 0(0)
Teams managed
1971–1973
1974–1975
1983–1986
1989–1991
1992		 West Bromwich Albion
Galatasaray SK
Arsenal
Queens Park Rangers
Coventry City (caretaker)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Donald 'Don' Howe (born 12 October 1935) is an English football player, turned highly-respected coach and manager.

[edit] Career

Born in the Springfield area of Wolverhampton, Howe spent most of his playing career at West Bromwich Albion, joining the club as a youth player in December 1950. He turned professional in November 1952, but did not make his debut until 1955, against Everton.[1] A full back, he played nearly 350 games for the Baggies in twelve years, as well as becoming a regular in the England team; he played in the 1958 World Cup, and won 23 caps in total.

Howe was signed by Billy Wright's Arsenal in 1964, and was made club captain. However, in March 1966 he broke his leg playing against Blackpool and never recovered well enough to play in the first team again. Howe retired from playing and became Arsenal's reserve team coach under Bertie Mee, then stepping up to first team coach after the departure of Dave Sexton in 1968. Arsenal won the Double in 1971 with Howe playing a crucial role, but not long after he returned to his old club, West Bromwich Albion, as manager.

Howe's tenure at WBA was not a success, the club were relegated to Division Two in 1973, and Howe moved on to coach Galatasaray, Turkey and Leeds United, before rejoining Arsenal in 1977 as head coach, under Terry Neill. He also became part of the English national side's coaching setup.

After Neill's sacking on December 3, 1983, Howe became Arsenal manager. Despite introducing young players like Tony Adams, David Rocastle and Niall Quinn to the team, he was unable to win trophies, as Arsenal finished either 6th or 7th under him. After just over two years in the job, Howe resigned on March 22, 1986, shortly after Arsenal's match against Coventry City, after reports circulated that the board were looking to replace him with Terry Venables; in the end George Graham actually succeeded him.

Howe later joined Wimbledon as assistant to Bobby Gould, and there he helped mastermind the Dons' famous 1988 FA Cup victory over Liverpool. Howe also has spells managing QPR between 1989 and 1991, and Coventry City (as caretaker manager) in 1992. Howe also moved into journalism and broadcasting, becoming a pundit for Channel 4's coverage of Serie A.

Howe returned to coach England under Terry Venables during the mid-1990s (including Euro 96), and returned to Arsenal for a final time in 1997 as a youth team coach. He retired from coaching in the summer of 2003, though currently he occasionally writes as a pundit for BBC Sport's website. He also has a regular column in the official Arsenal magazine and at the age of 71 still runs youth coaching schemes across the United Kingdom.

In 2004 he was named as one of West Bromwich Albion's 16 greatest players, in a poll organised as part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations.[2] Towards the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008, he worked with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) as part of a 3 man panel to appoint Giovanni Trapattoni as the new national team manager.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books, p117. ISBN 1-85983-474-4. 
  2. ^ "The wraps come off 125th anniversary mural", West Bromwich Albion F.C., 2004-08-04. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 

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