Loren Walter Houston (born October 26, 1932 in Wolf Lake, Illinois) is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He graduated from Massillon Washington High School after twice being on Ohio-state championship teams. His senior-year team in 1950, quarterbacked by classmate Don James, was rated the Number 1 High School Team in America. Walt Houston went on to play college football at University of Miami and Purdue University and was drafted in 26th round, of the 1955 NFL Draft.