Billy Howton, a former Green Bay Packers star regarded as one of the most productive wide receivers of the pre-Super Bowl era who was a founder and the first president of the NFL Players Association,

Billy Howton, former Green Bay Packers star and founder and first president of the NFL Player Association, has died. He was 95, and still holds records.

The Packers selected Howton in the second round of the 1952 NFL after an All-American career at Rice. He scored the Packers' first receiving touchdown at Lambeau Field in 1957. In addition, Howton also became the NFL's first rookie to record a 1,000-yard campaign after registering 1,231 receiving yards in 1952.