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Elton C. "Cig" Howerton

  • Class
    1959
  • Induction
    2004
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Basketball, Football
  • "Cig" Howerton was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball for Randolph-Macon. He came to the college in 1956 following a tour of duty in Korea with the Army. After being named Honorable Mention all-Little 8 in football in 1957, he went on to earn even more honors in 1958. Those included: first-team Little All-American; first-team all-Little 8; and first-team all-Mason Dixon Conference. He was a co-captain on the 1958 football team, which won the Mason-Dixon Conference with a victory over arch-rival Hampden-Sydney. In addition to football, Howerton was also a relief pitcher on the baseball team and a forward on the basketball team.
  • While serving in the Army, Howerton played baseball and football in Korea as part of the 24th Infantry Division sports program. His football team won the Armed Forces Far East (AFFE) Army Korea divisional championship.
  • After graduating from Randolph-Macon, Howerton coached football and track and taught math at Hopewell High School in Hopewell, Virginia. He served as a federal agent with the Naval Investigative Service from 1961 to 1984. From 1984 to 1993, he was security director for the Pentagon Federal Credit Union. at the time, he was the head of security and discipline at West Potomac High School in Fairfax County in northern Virginia.
  • Over the years, Howerton was heavily involved as a referee and coach for youth sports leagues. He continues to attend Randolph-Macon athletic contests, and promotes the college to high school student-athletes.
  • Howerton is a native of Petersburg, Virginia, and attended Petersburg High School, where he was a captain and letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. He and his wife, Carol, live in Alexandria, Virginia. They have two sons, Cal and John. Cal is a 1982 graduate of Randolph-Macon, and was a four-year letterwinner in football. John is a football coach at Langley High School in Fairfax County.
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