| Tom Dutton | |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Arcadia, Louisiana |
| Death Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Currentposition: | Guard/Tackle |
| School: | LSU Tigers |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Pastschools: | LSU (1912 - 1913; 1919) |
| Highschool: | Minden |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lb: | 225 |
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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]
Dutton was a prominent guard for the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University. He was thrice selected All-Southern.[2] [3] 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.[4]
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.[4] [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.[4] He was again captain of the team; coached by Irving Pray.
He married Thelma Opdenweyer at Prairieville, Louisiana on May 8, 1917.[12]