At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the shot put competition.

[2] Four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games he won again the silver medal in the shot put contest.

[3] Howland medalled ten times between 1929[4][5][6] and 1939 in the shot put event at the prestigious AAA Championships.

[7] He became a senior tutor and professor of Classics at St. John's College, Cambridge, England.

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