LSU Tigers | |
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Position | Guard/ Tackle |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Arcadia, Louisiana | March 22, 1893
Died: | December 1, 1969 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 76)
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 | |
Tom Whited Dutton (March 22, 1893 – December 1, 1969) was an American college football player.
He attended Minden High School but did not play on the school's football team. [1] [2]
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]
Dutton was captain in 1913. [11]
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.
He married Thelma Opdenweyer at Prairieville, Louisiana on May 8, 1917. [12]
LSU Tigers | |
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Position | Guard/ Tackle |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Arcadia, Louisiana | March 22, 1893
Died: | December 1, 1969 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 76)
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 | |
Tom Whited Dutton (March 22, 1893 – December 1, 1969) was an American college football player.
He attended Minden High School but did not play on the school's football team. [1] [2]
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]
Dutton was captain in 1913. [11]
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.
He married Thelma Opdenweyer at Prairieville, Louisiana on May 8, 1917. [12]