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Kenneth Houston (born 20 July 1941) is an Irish former rugby union player. He won 6 caps playing on the wing for the Irish rugby union side between 1960 and 1965. He was later a schoolteacher at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh until retiring in 2001.[ citation needed ]
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