Gus Howell Explained

Gus Howell
Fullname:	Albert Victor Howell
Birth Date:	25 June 1897
Birth Place:	Brighton East, Victoria
Death Place:	Parkdale, Victoria
Originalteam:	Brighton
Statsend:	1926
Years1:	1919–20
Club1:	Brighton (VFA)
Games Goals1:	13 (3)
Years2:	1921
Games Goals2:	1 (0)
Years3:	1926
Club3:	Northcote (VFA)
Games Goals3:	1 (0)
Years4:	1926
Games Goals4:	6 (2)

Albert Victor "Gus" Howell (25 June 1897 – 19 January 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of William Andrew Howell (1868–1948),^[2] and Mary Howell (1869–1939), née Marshall,^[3] Albert Victor Howell was born at Brighton East, Victoria on 25 June 1897.

He married Rita May Burrows (1907–1992) in 1928.

Football

Footscray (VFL)

Cleared from Apollo Bay to Footscray on 30 April 1926.^[4]

Death

He died at the Mordialloc and Cheltenham Community Hospital, in Parkdale, Victoria on 19 January 1970.^[5]

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Albert Victor Howell (V357819), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B884, V357819: World War Two Service Record: Private Albert Victor Howell (V357819), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• • • Augustus V. "Gus" Howell (sic), at The VFA Project.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.412.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22690967 Deaths: Howell, The Argus, (Monday, 16 August 1948), p.2.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204935101 Deaths: Howell, The Age, (Thursday, 17 August 1939), p.1.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3779117 Additional Permits Granted, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 May 1926), p.26.
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eNtUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4440%2C3465988 Deaths: Howell, The Age, (Tuesday, 20 January 1970), p.15