Herb Howson

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Herb Howson
Personal information
Birth August 11, 1872,
Recruited from
Playing career¹
Debut 1897, South Melbourne vs. , at
Team(s) South Melbourne (1897-1908)
  • 152 games, 2 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1908 season
Career highlights

Herbert 'Herb' Howson (born August 11, 1872) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL.

A wingman, Howson played with South Melbourne for six seasons in the VFA before joined their inaugural VFL side in 1897. He was appointed coach of South Melbourne, in a non-playing capacity, in 1908 and led them to the premiership with the help of Henry Elms who shared the coaching duties with him. That season the club were premiers and the following season finished third.

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1918 South Melbourne Premiership Players
Captain: Caldwell | Barber | Belcher | Daly | Doherty | Graham | Howell | Hynes | Laird | O'Donoghue | O'Halloran | Rademacher | Robertson | Ryan | Skehan | Tandy | Turner | Wood
Coaches: Elms/Howson