Max Howell (educator)

He was the President of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH), President of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and President of the Canadian Association of Sport Sciences. NASSH honoured him with the annual Max and Reet Howell Memorial Address. He was married twice, the second, from 1974 until her death, to Reet Howell, PhD (née Reet Ann Nurmberg; 1945–1993), a scholar in comparative sports.

After his career as player he went to North America. Aligned with his sporting exploits, he pursued undergraduate and graduate study in Australia and North America in physical education, education psychology, exercise physiology, and sport history. He earned doctorate degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (Facilitation of motor learning by knowledge of performance analysis results Ed.D. 1954) and from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (An historical survey of the role of sport in society, with particular reference to Canada since 1700. PhD 1969) He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Alberta, Canada. During his academic career, Max held teaching and administrative posts at the University of British Columbia, the University of Alberta, San Diego State University, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Queensland.

Maxwell Leo “Max” Howell AO (né Maxwell Leopold Howell; 23 July 1927 – 3 February 2014) was an Australian educator and rugby union player. He played 5 Tests and 27 non-Test games for Australia between 1946 and 1948. He went on to become a physical education teacher and Professor at the University of Queensland. In 2003, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia “for service to education as a pioneer in the development of sports studies and sport science as academic disciplines”.