Harry Dutton
Personal information
Full name Henry Robert Dutton[1]
Date of birth (1898-01-16)16 January 1898[1]
Place of birth Edmonton, London, England
Date of death 1972 (aged 73–74)
Place of death Enfield, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1921 Tufnell Park
1921–1927 West Bromwich Albion 57 (2)
1927–1929 Bury 37 (1)
1929–1933 Brighton & Hove Albion 93 (4)
1933–19?? Shoreham
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Robert Dutton (16 January 1898 – 1972) was an English professional footballer who made 187 Football League appearances playing as a left half for West Bromwich Albion, Bury and Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]

Life and career

Dutton was born in Edmonton, which was then in Middlesex.[1] He played for Isthmian League club Tufnell Park before signing for West Bromwich Albion in 1921, but played in only 57 First Division matches in six seasons.[2] He moved on to another First Division club, Bury, where he made 37 league appearances in two-and-a-half seasons,[1] and then signed for Brighton & Hove Albion. At Third Division South level, he was a first-team regular, with 104 appearances in all competitions before retiring from professional football in 1933. He went on to keep a pub in Brighton, and died in Enfield in 1972.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. 1 2 3 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
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