Rabbi "Rab" Howell (12 October 1867 – 21 July 1937) was a nineteenth-century professional footballer who played for Sheffield United and Liverpool primarily as a defender.

[2] Howell was a highly skilled player despite his small size (5 feet 5 inches or 1.65 metres), playing as a nippy half-back or inside right.

"Rab Howell," observed the player's Sheffield United teammate Ernest Needham, Howell often fell foul of the club hierarchy who imposed strict codes of conduct on their players, and regularly appeared in front of the Football Committee on charges of 'misconduct' although this often resulted in him being offered a pay increase and asked to 'mend his ways'.

[1] More serious allegations were to be levelled at him however, as in his final season at the club he was believed to have attempted to throw a game against rivals for the Championship Sunderland, scoring two own goals.

By late 1936 he was in poor health and almost blind, but maintained a keen interest in football and had sports news read to him by members of his family.