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{{short description|American hardball squash player (1938–2022)}}
'''Samuel P. Howe III''' (1938 – September 15, 2022)<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/inquirer/name/samuel-howe-obituary?id=36539373 Samuel Howe]</ref> was an American [[hardball squash]] player. He was one of the leading squash players in the United States in the 1960s.
Howe won the US national singles title twice in 1962 and 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.squashmagazine.com/vcm/squashmagazine/FEATURES/State_of_Game/USSRATimeline.html|title=History of the USSRA: A Timeline|last=Zug|first=James|accessdate=2 March 2010}}</ref> He also won six national doubles titles – three partnering Bill Danforth (1963, 1964 and 1967), and three partnering his younger brother [[Ralph Howe]] (1969, 1970 and 1971).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.squashtalk.com/profiles/svehslage1.htm|title=Stephen T. Vehslage, Former National Champion, 12/10/39 - 5/5/02|last=Dinerman|first=Rob|date=May 2002|publisher=Squashtalk.com|accessdate=2 March 2010}}</ref>
Howe was inducted into the [[U.S. SQUASH|United States Squash Racquets Association]] Hall of Fame in 2002. He was also inducted in the Men’s College Squash Hall of Fame in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collegesquashassociation.com/awards/mens-awards/hall-of-fame/|title=Hall of Fame (M)|accessdate=2 March 2010}}</ref>
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