Editing Chuck Howley (section)

==College career==
Howley accepted a football scholarship from [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia University]] in [[Morgantown, West Virginia|Morgantown]], where he was a three-time All-[[Southern Conference]] selection and the conference player of the year in 1957.<ref name=wvhasn11>{{cite news |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=West Virginia's Howley All-Southern '11' captain |date=November 30, 1957 |page=4, part 2}}</ref> At WVU, Howley joined the Mu Mu chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Howley played [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]] and [[Center (gridiron football)|center]] during his three years at varsity, in which the Mountaineers compiled a 21–8–1 record, including a 21–7 victory over [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]], West Virginia's last until [[1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|1984]]. He played in the [[East-West Shrine Game]] and the [[Senior Bowl]], which helped him get noticed by the [[Chicago Bears]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19571214&id=K7cqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AGUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7295,2784330 | title=Midwest Dominates North Team | access-date=February 19, 2023}}</ref> He also was in the [[Chicago College All-Star Game|College All-Star Game]] in August 1958, a 35–19 win over the [[1957 NFL Championship Game|defending champion]] [[1958 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]].<ref name=gasslil>{{cite news|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Johnson |first=Chuck |title=Grid All-Stars slay inept Detroit Lions |date=August 16, 1958|page=12 }}</ref>

He is the only athlete in school history to letter in five sports: football, [[track and field|track]], [[wrestling]], [[gymnastics]], and [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]]. He won the [[Southern Conference]] one-meter [[Diving (sport)|diving]] championship.

Howley was inducted into the [[West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame]], the [[Texas Sports Hall of Fame]], the West Virginia University Athletics Hall of Fame, the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame and the West Virginia University Academy of Distinguished Alumni.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ovac.org/HallOfFame/Details/32 | title=Ohio Valley Athletic Conference hall Of Fame | access-date=February 19, 2023}}</ref> On November 4, 2023, West Virginia retired his number 66.