Sam Howie

Samuel William Howie (10 June 1889 – 15 August 1943) was an Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide and captain of the club in 1922.^[1]

Sam Howie
Personal information
Full name	Samuel William Howie
Date of birth	(1889-06-10)10 June 1889
Place of birth	Broken Hill, New South Wales
Date of death	15 August 1943(1943-08-15) (aged 54)
Place of death	Woodville, South Australia
Original team(s)	West Broken Hill
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1913–1914, 1919–1923	Port Adelaide
Career highlights
Port Adelaide premiership player (1921)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of David Howie (1852–1920),^[2] and Amanda Lavinia Howie (1854–1938), née Green,^[3] Samuel William Howie was born at Broken Hill on 10 June 1889.

He married Ethel May Dixon (1889–1975) on 5 March 1920. They had three sons: William Edward Howie (1921–1921), Allan Dixon Howie (1923–1945), and Robert John Howie (1924–1981).

Death

He collapsed and died during a Volunteer Defence Corps (V.D.C.) parade at Woodville on 15 August 1943.^[4][5] He was buried, with full military honours at Adelaide's Centennial Park Cemetery.^[6][7]