Director of Player Personnel
"Jim Lee Howell, a towering figure in the past and present of the New York Giants, lends a wealth of experience and football savvy to his position as Director of Player Personnel. It was 39 years ago that Jim Lee arrived on the New York scene, a long-legged rookie end out of the University of Arkansas, and since then he has filled a variety of key roles for the Giants: player, assistant coach, head coach and now, of course, a top-ranking administrator.
Howell's record speaks boldly for itself. During his nine years as a player (1937-42, 1946-48), the Giants posted a mark of 55-37-9 and played in four world championship games (1938-39-41-46). After his playing days, the 6-6 Arkansan served as end coach under Coach Steve Owen from 1949-53 and, when Owen departed after the 1953 campaign, Jim Lee was named head coach.
The winning pattern Howell had established as a player continued during his reign as coach. Over the next seven years, the Giants won 56 games, lost just 36 and tied four, and they made the world championship game three times, beating the Bears in 1956 and losing classic struggles to the Colts in 1958 and 1959."
-1976 New York Giants Media Guide
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