| Fred Houghton | |
| Fullname: | Frederick Houghton |
| Birth Place: | Stockport, England |
| Death Date: | 15 November 1918 (aged 28) |
| Death Place: | Iraq |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in[1] |
| Position: | Left back, left half |
| Youthclubs1: | Park Albion |
| Years1: | 1910–1915 |
| Clubs1: | Stockport County |
| Caps1: | 29 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
Frederick Houghton (– 15 November 1918) was an English semi-professional footballer who played as a left back and left half in the Football League for Stockport County.[2] [3] [4]
Houghton worked for the Portwood Spinning Company in Stockport.[5] He enlisted in the British Army in 1915 and served in the Cheshire Regiment during the First World War, rising to the appointed rank of lance corporal.[6] He fought during the Mesopotamian Campaign and died of fever on 15 November 1918, just four days after the Armistice. He was buried in the Basra War Cemetery.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Stockport County | 1911–12 | Second Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1912–13 | Second Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1913–14 | Second Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1914–15 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||