Tom Dutton

Tom Dutton
LSU Tigers
Position Guard/Tackle
Class Graduate
Career history
College LSU (1912–1913; 1919)
High school Minden
Personal information
Date of birth (1893-03-22)March 22, 1893
Place of birth Arcadia, Louisiana
Date of death December 1, 1969(1969-12-01) (aged 76)
Place of death New Orleans, Louisiana
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Tom Whited Dutton (March 22, 1893 – December 1, 1969) was a college football player.

Early years

He attended Minden High School but did not play on the school's football team.[1][2]

LSU

Dutton was a prominent guard for the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University. He was thrice selected All-Southern.[3][4] James Dwyer showed him the sport, and even used Dutton for a "kangaroo play" in which back Lawrence Dupont would crawl between Dutton's legs; supposedly very effective in short yardage situations.[1]

Dutton was later a key member of the university's Board of Supervisors,[5] which hired and fired football coaches,[6] and president of LSU Alumni.[7] He is a member of both the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame.[1][8][9] He was nominated, though not selected, for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869–1919 era team.[10]

1913

Dutton was captain in 1913.[11]

1919

Although he graduated in 1914, rules in effect at the time allowed Dutton one more year of eligibility and he returned in 1919 for post-graduate work and a final football season.[1] He was again captain of the team; coached by Irving Pray.

Personal life

He married Thelma Opdenweyer at Prairieville, Louisiana on May 8, 1917.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tom Dutton".
  2. ↑ John A. Agan. Minden: Perseverance and Pride. p. 83.
  3. ↑ e. g. Nathan P. Stauffer. "Collier's All-Southern Football Team". Collier's Weekly. 50: 13.
  4. ↑ "Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team" (PDF). Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1913.
  5. ↑ Nicolaus Mills (2014). Every Army Man Is with You. p. 39.
  6. ↑ "Dietzel Threatened With Legal Action If He Asks LSU Release". Corsicana Daily Sun. January 4, 1962. p. 36.
  7. ↑ Cutrer, Thomas. Parnassus on the Mississippi. p. 225.
  8. ↑ "LSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 262.
  9. ↑ J. Calhoun. Louisiana Sports Record Book. p. 24.
  10. ↑ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
  11. ↑ "Tom Dutton". The Houston Post. November 23, 1913. p. 17. Retrieved March 17, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Cupid's Chapter". Kappa Alpha Journal. 34 (3): 103.
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