Eric Houghton was born in 1910 in Lincolnshire. He had 3 children. Eric Houghton won the FA cup in 1957 as manager with Aston Villa. Houghton played for England and won 8 caps. Houghton played his club football with Villa in the 1930's. After managing Villa he moved on to manage Notts County, then returned as a director on the board at Aston Villa, one of the only person ever to do this at the club.