Joe Hutton (footballer)

Joseph Hutton (18 November 1927 – April 1999) was a Scottish footballer who played in the English Football League for Gillingham, Millwall, Reading and Stoke City.[1][2]

Joe Hutton
Personal information
Full name Joseph Hutton[1]
Date of birth 18 November 1927[1]
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland[1]
Date of death April 1999 (aged 72)[1]
Place of death Wallingford, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1951 Reading 8 (0)
1951–1953 Ayr United 51 (18)
1953–1956 Stoke City 34 (7)
1957–1958 Gillingham 36 (6)
1958–1960 Millwall 24 (9)
Poole Town
Total 153 (40)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Hutton was born in Dundee and began his career in England with Reading.[1] He only made eight appearances for the "Royals" before going back to Scotland to play for Ayr United.[1] He and Ayr team-mate Bobby Cairns joined Stoke City in 1953. Hutton made an instant impact at the Victoria Ground scoring in his first three matches for the club.[1] However Hutton was more of a creator than an out and out goal scorer but his Stoke career took at hit when he broke his leg against Blackburn Rovers on 19 March 1955.[1] He only made a few more appearances thereafter and left for Gillingham in 1957.[1] He spent the 1957–58 season with the "Gills" as they suffered relegation to the Fourth Division and he left for Millwall. After two seasons at Millwall he ended his career with non-league Poole Town.

Career statistics

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Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reading 1949–50 Third Division South 2 0 0 0 2 0
1950–51 Third Division South 6 0 0 0 6 0
Stoke City 1953–54 Second Division 7 2 3 1 10 3
1954–55 Second Division 19 5 0 0 19 5
1955–56 Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1956–57 Second Division 7 0 0 0 7 0
Gillingham 1957–58 Third Division South 36 6 2 1 38 7
Millwall 1958–59 Fourth Division 22 9 2 1 24 10
1959–60 Fourth Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career Total 102 22 7 3 109 25

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ "Joe Hutton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. ^ Joe Hutton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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  • Joe Hutton at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database