Graham Houston

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2014}}

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| name = Graham Houston

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|2|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gibraltar

| height = 5 ft 8 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=392 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1979–1985 | clubs1 = Preston North End | caps1 = 128 | goals1 = 11

| years2 = 1985–1986 | clubs2 = Burnley | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1986 | clubs3 = Southport | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1986–1987 | clubs4 = Wigan Athletic | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1987–1988 | clubs5 = Carlisle United | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1988 | clubs6 = Northwich Victoria | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1988–1989 | clubs7 = Colne Dynamoes | caps7 = ? | goals7 = ?

| years8 = 1989–1990 | clubs8 = Morecambe | caps8 = ? | goals8 = ?

| years9 = 1990–1991 | clubs9 = Skelmersdale United | caps9 = ? | goals9 = ?

| years10 = 1991–1992 | clubs10 = Chorley | caps10 = ? | goals10 = ?

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Graham Houston (born 24 February 1960 in Gibraltar) is a British former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder.[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/grahamhouston.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database]

He became a police officer in Lancashire and made the news by tackling a man with a knife while off duty.[http://www.lep.co.uk/news/crime/off-duty-officers-hailed-as-heroes-after-tackling-knifeman-1-9133503/amp Lancashire evening Post]