Samuel Houghton Rugby player
Samuel "Sam" Houghton (16 August 1870 — 17 August 1920 (aged 50)) born in Runcorn, was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1890s, playing at representative level for England, and Cheshire, and at club level for Runcorn, and Birkenhead Wanderers, as a Fullback, i.e. number 15. In January 1896 Houghton rejoined his former team Runcorn, who had switched to professional rugby league the year before, though he never played at country level as a league player, as England's first international wouldn't take place until 1904, he died in Runcorn.