Ken Houston
American football player and coach (born 1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the American football defensive back. For the NHL hockey defenseman, see Ken Houston (ice hockey). For the Irish rugby player, see Kenneth Houston.
Kenneth Ray Houston (born November 12, 1944) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Position: | Safety | ||||||||||
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Born: | (1944-11-12) November 12, 1944 (age 79) Lufkin, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 197 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Dunbar (Lufkin, Texas) | ||||||||||
College: | Prairie View A&M (1963–1966) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1967 / Round: 9 / Pick: 214 | ||||||||||
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Houston played for the AFL's Houston Oilers from 1967 through 1969, and after the AFL–NFL merger, with the Oilers from 1970 through 1972, then with the Washington Redskins until 1980.