He retired as the N.F.L.’s leading career receiver but was soon surpassed. In retirement, he went to prison for bilking investors in an $8 million fraud.
Billy Howton of the Green Bay Packers during a 24-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at County Stadium in Milwaukee in 1952, his rookie year. He led the N.F.L. with 1,231 receiving yards that season.
Ford Motor said it would open a new plant in Michigan that could become ineligible for federal incentives under a policy bill championed by President Trump and passed by the House.