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| Other names | Woody | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 19, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Calgary CC, Calgary, AB, Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, AB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Alberta (1972-1995)  Ontario (1995-2007)  British Columbia (2007-present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 4: (1980, 1983, 1984, 1986) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1986) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (1988) (demo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other appearances | World Junior Championships: 1 (1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neil William "Woody" Houston[1] (born January 19, 1957) is a Canadian curler.
He is a 1986 World Men's champion[2] 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[3] where he worked for the Canadian Curling Association as director of domestic development.[4] 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.[5]
Houston coached the Andrew Bilesky rink at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier.[6]
- ^ "Announcements". Calgary Herald. January 29, 1957. p. 17. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ Neil Houston on the World Curling database
- ^ "Houston's off to Ottawa". Calgary Herald. January 6, 1995. p. C2. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Fab Four". Calgary Herald. March 7, 1997. p. C1. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Olympic opportunity just too good to refuse". Calgary Herald. March 7, 2009. p. D3. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Bilesky's hot hand helps deliver berth in Brier field". Vancouver Sun. February 12, 2013. p. C4. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
