Howard Edgar Bayne (July 28, 1942 – May 14, 2018) was an American basketball player.

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Howard Bayne

Personal information
Born	(1942-07-28)July 28, 1942 Dayton, Ohio
Died	May 14, 2018(2018-05-14) (aged 75) Dayton, Ohio
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Colonel White (Dayton, Ohio)
College	Tennessee (1963–1966)
NBA draft	1966: 15th round, 107th overall pick
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets
Playing career	1966–1967
Position	Power forward
Number	50
Career history
1967–1968	Kentucky Colonels
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

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At 6'6" and 230 lbs, a fierce competitor, this All-Southeastern Conference player was known as the "Chairman of the Boards" during his tenure as a power forward under Coach Ray Mears at the University of Tennessee. Bayne was considered by many to be Mears greatest intimidator, “Howard was the greatest intimidator I have ever had on a basketball team,” Mears told the Knoxville Journal's Ben Byrd in “The Basketball Vols.” “When Howard went after the ball, there weren’t many people who felt like arguing with him.”

He was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 15th round (107th pick overall) of the 1966 NBA draft.

He played for the Kentucky Colonels (1967–68) in the American Basketball Association for 69 games. As a Colonel, Bayne was known as an "enforcer skilled primarily at fouling the opposition".^[1][2][3]