Colin Hutton
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| Born | 1 May 1926 Prescot district, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colin Hutton (1 May 1926 – 3 February 2017) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached rugby league in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played at club level for Widnes and Hull FC, as a fullback or centre, and coached at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, he was the Rugby Football League President for 1992–1993,[2] and was the President of Hull Kingston Rovers up to his death.[3]
Colin Hutton was born in Prescot, Lancashire, England, and he died aged 90 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Playing career
Widnes
Hutton joined Widnes in 1945 and remained with the club until 1951, during this period he made 131 appearances scoring 16 tries and kicking 167 goals.
During the period 1947–1949 Hutton was missing from the club due to National Service. Hutton was a Lance corporal in the Royal Engineers, and served near the Suez Canal at RAF Fayid, near Ismaïlia, Egypt from 1947 until 1949, during which time he played at representative level for the army in Egypt at rugby union[4] as the British armed forces did not at this time support rugby league as an organised sport.[5]
In his first season with the Widnes Hutton played at centre and kicked two conversions in a 7–3 victory over Wigan in the 1945 Lancashire Cup Final at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 27 October 1945.
On his return from National Service Hutton resumed his playing career and played in the 1950 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in Widnes' 0–19 defeat by Warrington.[6]
Hull F.C.
In 1951 Hutton moved to Hull F.C. where he played for a further six years before retiring from his playing career in 1957. He made over 250 appearances for the club including scoring the winning penalty kick in Hull FC's 10–9 victory over Halifax in the Rugby Football League Championship Final during the 1955–56 season at Maine Road, Manchester on Saturday 12 May 1956.[7]
