STATISTICS & HISTORY
Ernie Houghton was a three sport star at Union College in Schenectady, New York He was the quarterback on the football team and a hard-hitting first tbasemen on the baseball team. He led the basketball squad to a 43-10 record over four seasons from 1912 to 1915. Houghton was a Helms Foundation Basketball All-American in 1914 and 1915. During his senior year, Union College posted a 13-1 record and Houghton was named the Helms Foundation College Player of the Year.
| ERNIE HOUGHTON | Height: | 5:09 | Weight: | 160 | College: | Union (NY)’15 | |||||
| Ernest Baker Houghton | Born: Oct 10, 1893 | Died: Jul 24, 1941 | Hometown: | Schenectady, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1911-12 | Union (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1912-13 | Union (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 193-14 | Union (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1914-15 | Union (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1916-17 | Saratoga–Hudson | NYSL | 23 | 34 | 32 | 100 | 4.3 | ||||
| 1919-20 | Rochester Kodaks | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 23 | 34 | 32 | 100 | 4.3 | ||||||