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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Verdun Howell
| image = File:Verdun Howell from The Examiner 2nd October 1954 pg 32.png
| fullname = Verdun John Howell
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|6|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tasmania]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[South Launceston Football Club|City-South]]
| height = <!-- ### cm -->
| weight = <!-- ### kg -->
| position = 
| statsend = 1968
| years1 = 1953–1957
| club1 = [[South Launceston Football Club|City-South]]
| games_goals1 = 67
| years2 = 1958–1968
| club2 = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
| games_goals2 = 159 (59)
| games_goalstotal = 226 (59)
| coachyears1 = 1971
| coachclub1 = [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]
| coachgames_wins1 = {{0}}1 {{0|00}}(0–1–0)
| coachyears2 = 1972–1974
| coachclub2 = [[Claremont Football Club|Claremont]]
| coachgames_wins2 = 66 (30–36–0)
| careerhighlights = *[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] [[Trevor Barker Medal|Best and Fairest]] 1959
*[[Brownlow Medal]]list (tied with [[Bob Skilton]]) 1959
*Premiership player 1966
*[[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]n state representative nine times
*[[St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame]] inductee 2003
*[[Tamanian Sport Hall of Fame]] inductee 2013
*[[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] inductee 2016
}}

'''Verdun John Howell''' (born 16 June 1937) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played senior football in Tasmania and in the [[VFL/AFL|VFL (now AFL)]].

Howell played with [[South Launceston Football Club|City-South]] from 1953 to 1957. He was a member of that club's 1954 and 1956 NTFA premiership teams and in 1957 won City's best and fairest award.

Howell made his VFL debut with the [[St Kilda Football Club]] in 1958 after being signed from [[Tasmania]] in 1953.  He initially played on the half forward line, then later as a half back before playing with the [[St Kilda Football Club|Saints]] as a full back, where he won the 1959 [[Brownlow Medal]], tying with Bob Skilton.  (The medal was awarded retrospectively in 1989 after the countback rule was removed in 1980.)<ref>{{cite news | title=Medals awarded retrospectively | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122252189 | work=The Canberra Times| date=6 April 1989 | access-date=20 August 2020 }}</ref> Later in his career he spent some time in the forward line, once kicking nine goals against [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]].<ref name="Piesse">{{cite book|last1=Piesse|first1=Ken|title=The Complete Guide to Australian Football|date=1993|publisher=Pan MacMillan Australia Pty Limited|location=Melbourne|isbn=978-0-330-35712-8|pages=150}}</ref> He was vice captain to [[Darrel Baldock]] for several seasons.<ref name="Piesse" /> In one game against [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] during the [[1965 VFL season|1965 season]], coach [[Allan Jeans]] played Howell at one end of the ground for the whole game – fullback when St Kilda kicked against the wind and full-forward when they kicked with it.<ref name="Piesse" />

After his retirement as a player, Howell was appointed Assistant Coach to Tom Hafey at Richmond for three years, taking the reserve team to two grand finals – winning one. Afterwards he transferred to Western Australia, coaching Claremont for three years and taking them to one losing Grand Final. Howell then returned to Tasmania for a stint in administration with the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA in the mid 1970s). He then coached Launceston Football Club for a further two years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afltashalloffame.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/AFL-HOF-Record-2013_low-res.pdf |title=AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame}}</ref>

Howell was inducted to the Saints' inaugural Hall of Fame in 2003; the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame in 2013; and inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2016. Howell know resides in Mindarie, Western Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/afl/tasmanian-footballer-verdun-howell-joins-afl-hall-of-fame/news-story/ac3fe40005814f1ba4054a55bdedc427|title=Tasmanian footballer Verdun Howell joins AFL Hall of Fame|date=14 June 2016|first=Jon|last=Anderson|work=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{AFL Tables | V/Verdun_Howell }}
*{{AustralianFootball | verdun+howell/8981 }}
*[https://www.saints.com.au/news/317154/2016-australian-football-hall-of-fame-inductee-verdun-howell]
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{{1966 St Kilda premiership players}}
{{AFL Brownlow Medallists}}
{{Trevor Barker Award}}
{{St Kilda Football Club Team of the Century 1900–1999}}

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[[Category:1937 births]]
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[[Category:Brownlow Medal winners]]
[[Category:Trevor Barker Award winners]]
[[Category:St Kilda Football Club players]]
[[Category:St Kilda Football Club premiership players]]
[[Category:City-South Football Club players]]
[[Category:Richmond Football Club coaches]]
[[Category:Claremont Football Club coaches]]
[[Category:Launceston Football Club coaches]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Tasmania]]
[[Category:Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]


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