[1] He missed three matches mid season after being suspended for striking Richmond player Chris Naish.
[2] After spending the 1997 season with Tatura in the Goulburn Valley Football League, Houlihan was selected by North Melbourne in the AFL pre-season draft.
[3] North Melbourne made their second grand final in three years in 1998 and Houlihan wasn't able to break into the seniors.
His greatest performance came in the 2000 Ovens & Murray Football League (OMFL) Grand Final, playing as an assistant coach for his original club Corowa-Rutherglen, when he kicked ten goals.
He then played for Keilor in 2008 and was a member of their premiership team that year, again putting in a strong grand final performance.