1959 Topps hockey card of defenseman Harry Howell, known for his longevity as his pro hockey career spanned 25 seasons. Howell played 17 of those seasons with the New York Rangers, gaining a reputation as a steady, “stay-at-home” style of defenseman. He was a seven time NHL All Star, and was elected to hockey’s Hall of Fame in 1979. Howell won the Norris Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s best defenseman, in 1967, the last year of play for the league’s “original six”, before 6 expansion teams were added. Howell also coached briefly with the Minnesota North Stars, and in 1990, finally won the Stanley Cup ring that had eluded him his entire playing career, while serving as a scout for the Edmonton Oilers.