Al,
Thanks for posting Bill Clark’s article on Howard, which is a fitting tribute to him as Howard did some truly extraordinary all-round lifting, some of which I was fortunate enough to witness.
I noticed an error in Bill’s article, however, as Howard did not finish 3rd in the 198-lb. class at the 1956 Olympic Trials. In fact, he didn’t compete there. Paul Ash finished 3rd with a 920 total. Howard was a decent Olympic lifter at the local level as, for example, he finished 2nd in the 225-lb. class in the Junior Cuyahoga County Weightlifting Contest on March 17th of that year with a 690 total. (By the way, the contest results were reported to S&H by our own Dennis Mitchell, who finished 3rd in the 181-lb. class.)
Tom