Bill Houston (American football)
{{Short description|American football player (born 1951)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Bill Houston
| number = 86
| position = Wide receiver
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|8|22}}
| birth_place = Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 208
| college = Jackson State
| undraftedyear = 1974
| pastteams =
- Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1974}})
- Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1976}})*
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 6
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 72
| pfr = HousBi00
}}
William Glenn Houston (born August 22, 1951) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Jackson State University.
Early years
Houston attended Central High School. He enrolled at Northwest Mississippi Community College, where he was a starting wide receiver from 1969 to 1970.{{cite web| url=https://nwccrangers.com/sports/2013/4/28/FB_0428131057.aspx | title=Former Rangers in Professional Football | accessdate=February 16, 2019}} He later transferred to Jackson State University.{{cite web | url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=205302072 | title=NAIA Players in the Pros | accessdate=February 16, 2019}}
At the time, he was part of a football program that had future NFL players Walter Payton, Eddie Payton, Robert Brazile, Jackie Slater, Emanuel Zanders, Roscoe Word and Don Reese. Houston was a starter at wide receiver.{{cite book | last1=Payton | first1=Eddie | last2=Brown | first2=Paul | last3=Wiley | first3=Craig | title=Walter and Me: Standing in the Shadow of Sweetness | publisher=Triumph Books}}
Professional career
=Dallas Cowboys=
Houston was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 1974 NFL draft.{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61719662/ | title=Six Cowboy Veterans Report | accessdate=February 16, 2019}} He was a backup wide receiver behind Drew Pearson. He was waived on September 9, 1975.{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51439765/ | title=Dallas | accessdate=February 16, 2019}}
=Seattle Seahawks=
On January 23, 1976, he was signed as a free agent by the expansion team Seattle Seahawks.{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/77662936/ | title=Transactions| accessdate=February 16, 2019}} He was released before the start of the season.