Colin Hutton
Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Colin C. Hutton | |||||
Born | AprilβJune 1926 (age 87β88) Prescot district, England | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Fullback, Centre | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1945β51 | Widnes | 131 | 16 | 167 | ||
1951β57 | Hull | 262 | ||||
Total | 393 | 16 | 167 | 0 | 0 | |
Coaching information | ||||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
1957β70 | Hull KR | |||||
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
β€1962ββ₯68 | Great Britain | |||||
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org |
Colin C. Hutton (birth registered AprilβJune 1926 (age 87β88) in Prescot district[1]) is an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, and '50s, and coach of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, playing at club level for Widnes, and Hull, as a Fullback, or Centre, i.e. number 1, or, 3 or 4, and coaching at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, he was the Rugby Football League President for 1992β1993,[2] and is the current President of Hull Kingston Rovers.[3] During his national service, Colin Hutton was a Lance corporal in the Royal Engineers, and served near the Suez Canal at RAF Fayid, near IsmaΓ―lia, Egypt from 1947 until 1949, during which time he played rugby union for Army Rugby Union Egypt team, and missed two years of playing rugby league with Widnes.
Playing career
Rugby Football League Championship final appearances
Colin Hutton played, and scored the winning penalty kick in Hull's 10β9 victory over Halifax in the 1955β56 Rugby Football League Championship final at Maine Road, Manchester on Saturday 12 May 1956.
Challenge Cup final appearances
Colin Hutton played in Widnes' 0β19 defeat to Warrington in the 1949β50 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 6 May 1950.[4]
County Cup final appearances
Colin Hutton played in Widnes' 7β3 victory over Wigan in the 1945β46 Lancashire Cup final at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 27 October 1945.
Coaching career
International coaching honours
Along with Bill Fallowfield, Colin Hutton was the Great Britain coach for the 1962 Rugby League Ashes series winning team, and the 1968 Rugby League World Cup winning team.
Club coaching honours
Colin Hutton was the Hull Kingston Rovers coach for the victory over Huddersfield in the 1961β62 Eastern Division Championship final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds, the 13β5 defeat to Widnes in the 1963β64 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 9 May 1964, the 25β12 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1966β67 Yorkshire Cup final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966, and the 8β7 victory over Hull in the 1967β68 Yorkshire Cup final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 14 October 1967.
Rugby league hall of fame
Colin Hutton was inducted into the rugby league hall of fame in September 2010.
References
- β "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- β "Past RFL Presidents". therfl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- β "Colin Hutton profile at hullkr.co.uk". hullkr.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- β "Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Search for "Hutton" rugbyleagueproject.org
- Chemics 1950 Wembley centre Colin Hutton tells of unbelievable life in rugby league
- Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv
- Past Players β H at hullfc.com
- Statistics at hullfc.com
- Colin Hutton profile at hullkr.co.uk
- Past RFL Presidents
- Rugby League legends Johnny Whiteley and Colin Hutton inducted into hall of fame
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