Tom Dutton (American football)

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

Tom Dutton

LSU Tigers
Position	Guard/Tackle
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(1893-03-22)March 22, 1893 Arcadia, Louisiana
Died:	December 1, 1969(1969-12-01) (aged 76) New Orleans, Louisiana
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career history
College	LSU (1912–1913; 1919)
High school	Minden
Career highlights and awards
All-Southern (1912, 1913, 1919) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame LSU Athletic Hall of Fame

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. "Tom Dutton".
2. John A. Agan (2002). Minden: Perseverance and Pride. p. 83. ISBN 9780738523880.
3. e. g. Nathan P. Stauffer (1912). "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2015.
5. Nicolaus Mills (2014). Every Army Man Is with You. p. 39. ISBN 9781442239869.
6. "Dietzel Threatened With Legal Action If He Asks LSU Release". Corsicana Daily Sun. January 4, 1962. p. 36.
7. Cutrer, Thomas (June 1984). Parnassus on the Mississippi. p. 225. ISBN 9780807111437.
8. "LSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 262.
9. J. Calhoun (1971). Louisiana Sports Record Book. p. 24. ISBN 9781455607853.
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. Order, Kappa Alpha (1918). "Cupid's Chapter". Kappa Alpha Journal. 34 (3): 103.