Jim Houston

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Jim Houston
Career information
Date of birth:	(1937-11-03) November 3, 1937
Place of birth:	Massillon, Ohio
Position(s):	Defensive end, Linebacker
College:	Ohio State
NFL Draft:	1960 / Round: 1 / Pick 8
Organizations
As player:
1960-1972	Cleveland Browns
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls:	1964, 1965, 1969, 1970
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

James Edward "Jim" Houston (born November 3, 1937) is a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

College career

Houston played for the Ohio State Buckeyes as an end. He was a three-year starter under head coach Woody Hayes and twice the team MVP. He was elected the team captain as a senior.

Houston contributed on both offense and defense. Although known primarily for his excellent blocking and tackling, he was also the leading receiver on the 1959 team, including a 100-yard game that year against Michigan State. He was an All-America selection in 1958 and 1959.

Houston was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1979, and was named to the Ohio State Football All-Century Team as a defensive end in 2000.

Year	Receptions	Yards	TD	Minutes per Game
1957	4	126	1	42
1958	4	127	2	56
1959	11	214	4	56
Total	19	467	7	51.3

Pro career

Houston was chosen in the first round of both the AFL draft by the Buffalo Bills and the NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns. Like his older brother Lin Houston, Jim chose the Browns. He originally played as a defensive end under head coach Paul Brown, but later moved to linebacker under Blanton Collier. At linebacker he became a four-time Pro Bowl selection. In the 1969 NFC Conference Championship game against the Minnesota Vikings, Jim went to tackle Viking quarterback Joe Kapp low and Kapp tried to hurdle him. Kapp's knee hit Jim in the side of the head, knocking him out and breaking his jaw.

Preceded by Bill Jobko	Ohio State Buckeyes Football Season MVP 1958, 1959	Succeeded by Tom Matte

v t e 1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football—FWAA & UPI national champions

Galen Cisco Don Clark Jim Houston Dan James Bill Jobko Dick LeBeau Jim Marshall Dick Schafrath Don Sutherin Aurealius Thomas Bob White Head coach Woody Hayes Assistant coaches Lyal Clark Gene Fekete Ernie Godfrey Bill Hess Clive Rush

v t e Cleveland Browns first-round draft picks

Carpenter Konz Rechichar Agganis Atkins Garrett Bauer Burris Carpenter Brown Shofner Kreitling Houston Crespino Collins L. Jackson Hutchinson Warfield Morin Matheson Upshaw Johnson Phipps McKay Scott Darden Holden Adams Mitchell Pruitt R. Jackson Newsome Matthews Adams White Dixon Banks Rogers Junkin Charlton Metcalf Turner Vardell Everitt Langham Alexander Powell Couch Brown Warren Green Faine Winslow Edwards Wimbley Thomas Quinn Mack Haden Taylor Richardson Weeden Mingo

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Cleveland Browns 1964 NFL Champions

Persondata
Name	Houston, Jim
Alternative names	Houston, James Edward
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	November 3, 1937
Place of birth	Massillon, Ohio
Date of death
Place of death

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