Thomas Herbert Houghton was an English-born rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 1909.
[3] Houghton was signed by St. Helens from Liverpool City in 1907, however he never played a first team match for the club.
[2] He was then part of the City combination that played against the North Shore on 24 July 1909 in the Auckland Rugby League's first ever sanctioned match.
[5] Houghton joined the new Newton Rangers club and played for them in the inaugural Auckland Rugby League competition in 1910.
[2] Houghton served as an official at the North Sydney Bears club in the NSWRL Premiership.