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BillHoward

Back row
Age116
  • Date of Birth12 / 07 / 1908
  • Lions Tours1938
  • International CapsLions
  • Lions Origins SchoolsBirkenhead School
  • Lions Origins ClubsOld Birkonians, Barbarians
Bill Howard earned his taste of Lions action on the 1938 Tour of South Africa – the 14th Tour by a British Isles team and the sixth to South Africa.

Howard made ten appearances throughout the Tour and scored his only try in the 42-3 triumph over North-East Districts in Burgersdorp.

The No 8 featured in the first Test against the Springboks at Ellis Park – a 26-12 defeat – which would prove to be the only Test cap of his career.

The Old Birkonians star died in his hometown of Birkenhead aged 70 in February 1979.