Howell Van Gerbig (June 19, 1902 – May 13, 1965) was an American athlete who played for the Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey and football teams and was a national squash champion.

[4][5] Due to an injury to Donold Lourie, Garrity was moved to quarterback and Van Gerbig started at halfback.

[9][10] Van Gerbig muffed a punt in the third quarter against Harvard, which led to Crimson scoring the go-ahead field goal in their 5–0 victory.

[19] Going into his senior season, Van Gerbig was described by Boston Globe hockey writer John J. Hallahan as "one of the greatest in the college ranks" and "the nearest approach Princeton has ever had to the great Hobey Baker".

[20] On January 4, 1924, Van Gerbig scored a goal in a 2–1 victory over Dartmouth, which was captained by another leading college player, Bob Hall, at the Boston Arena.

[26] On January 17, 1925, his cheek was injured in a game against the Fort Pitt Hornets where teammate Leo Hughes lost an eye.

He was eventually convinced by his mother to sit out the remainder of the regular season, however he returned for the Eastern championship series against the Hornets.

[27][28] The B.A.A disbanded its team after the season due to rumors that their players had violated their amateur status by receiving money from Boston Arena management.

[33][34][35][36] A licensed pilot, Van Gerbig was a director of the Transcontinental & Western Air and general manager of the Ranger Engines Division of Fairchild Aircraft.

[43] In 1929, Van Gerbig purchased Pine Needle Camp, a twenty-acre, eight-building property on Upper Saranac Lake, for his first wife, who was suffering from tuberculosis.

Following their divorce, he sold it to John Langeloth Loeb Sr.[44][45] A heavy drinker for much of his adult life, Van Gerbig had abstained from alcohol for almost a year when on May 13, 1965, he shot himself.