Ken Houghton

Ken Houghton
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Houghton[1]
Date of birth (1939-10-18)18 October 1939[1]
Place of birth Rotherham, England
Date of death 26 September 2025(2025-09-26) (aged 85)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1965 Rotherham United 149 (56)
1965–1973 Hull City 264 (79)
1973–1974 Scunthorpe United 33 (5)
Total 446 (140)
Managerial career
1974–1975 Scarborough
1978–1979 Hull City
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Houghton (18 October 1939 – 26 September 2025) was an English football player and manager. A forward, he played for Rotherham United, Hull City and Scunthorpe United, where he scored a combined total of 140 goals in 434 league appearances. He was later appointed player-coach at Scarborough leading them to the final of the 1974–75 FA Trophy. He also had spells as manager of his former club Hull City and Bridlington Town. Houghton died on 26 September 2025, at the age of 85.[2]

Honours

Rotherham United

Hull City

References

  1. ^ a b "Ken Houghton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. ^ "In Memoriam: Ken Houghton". Hull City A.F.C. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  3. ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 505. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
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