Neil Houston

{{Short description|Canadian curler (born 1957)}}

{{Infobox curler

| name = Neil Houston

| gender = M

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| other_names = Woody

| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1957|1|19}}

| birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada

| Curling club = Calgary CC, Calgary, AB,
Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, AB

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| Member Association = {{AB}} (1972-1995)
{{ON}} (1995-2007)
{{BC}} (2007-present)

| Brier appearances = 4: ({{Brier|1980}}, {{Brier|1983}}, {{Brier|1984}}, {{Brier|1986}})

| World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|1986}})

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| Olympic appearances = 1 (1988) (demo)

| Other appearances = {{WJCC||World Junior Championships}}: 1 ({{WJCC|1976}})

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport | Curling}}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympics}}

{{MedalBronze | 1988 Calgary (demonstration) | }}

{{MedalCompetition | {{WMCC||World Championships}}}}

{{MedalGold | {{WMCC|1986|1986 Toronto}} | }}

{{MedalCompetition | {{WJCC||World Junior Championships}}}}

{{MedalGold | {{WJCC|1976|1976 Aviemore}} | }}

{{MedalCountry | {{AB}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | {{Brier||Labatt Brier}} }}

{{MedalGold | {{Brier|1986|1986 Kitchener}} | }}

{{MedalSilver | {{Brier|1983|1983 Sudbury}} | }}

{{MedalBronze | {{Brier|1980|1980 Calgary}} | }}

{{MedalBronze | {{Brier|1984|1984 Victoria}} | }}

{{MedalCompetition | Canadian Olympic Trials }}

{{MedalGold | 1987 Calgary | }}

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Neil William "Woody" Houston{{cite news|title=Announcements|date=January 29, 1957|page=17|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45963623/calgary-herald/|accessdate=March 1, 2020}} (born January 19, 1957) is a Canadian curler.

He is a {{WMCC|1986|1986 World Men's champion}}{{worldcurling}} and a 1986 Labatt Brier champion.

He played at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport, Canadian men's team won bronze medal.

During the early 1990s, Houston worked in sports facility management in Leduc, Whitecourt and Fort Saskatchewan. In 1995, Houston moved to Ottawa{{cite news|title=Houston's off to Ottawa|date=January 6, 1995|page=C2|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45944790/calgary-herald/|accessdate=March 1, 2020}} where he worked for the Canadian Curling Association as director of domestic development.{{cite news|title=Fab Four|date=March 7, 1997|page=C1|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45942753/calgary-herald/|accessdate=March 1, 2020}} After 13 years with the CCA, Houston moved to British Columbia in 2007 to become venue and sport manager for Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics.{{cite news|title=Olympic opportunity just too good to refuse|date=March 7, 2009|page=D3|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45943417/calgary-herald/|accessdate=March 1, 2020}}

Houston coached the Andrew Bilesky rink at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier.{{cite news|title=Bilesky's hot hand helps deliver berth in Brier field|date=February 12, 2013|page=C4|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45943911/the-vancouver-sun/|accessdate=March 1, 2020}}