Arnold Watson Hutton
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Short description|Argentine footballer (1886–1951)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Arnold Watson Hutton
| image = Arnold watson hutton alumni.jpg
| image_size = 150
| caption =
| fullname = Arnold Pencliffe Watson Hutton
| height =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|8|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|7|29|1886|8|20|df=y}}
| death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1902–1911
| years2 = 1911–1914
| clubs1 = Alumni
| clubs2 = Belgrano
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| nationalyears1 = 1906–1913
| nationalteam1 = Argentina
| nationalcaps1 = 17
| nationalgoals1 = 6
}}
Arnold Pencliffe Watson Hutton (20 August 1886 – 29 July 1951) was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker for Alumni and Belgrano A.C. As an international, he played for the Argentina national team.
Other sports practised by Hutton representing his country include cricket, tennis and waterpolo.{{Citation |title=Los Pumas y aquello que vino del fútbol|newspaper=La Nación|date=17 July 2014 |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1710535-los-pumas-y-aquello-que-vino-del-futbol}}
Biography
Arnold Watson Hutton, known as "Arnoldo" in Argentina, was the son of Alexander Watson Hutton, a Scotsman known as the father of Argentine football for his role in founding the Argentine Football Association and the Alumni A.C.{{Citation |title=Los grandes primeros cracks de nuestro fútbol|publisher=El Gráfico|url=http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/2018/10/16/C-32690-los-grandes-primeros-cracks-de-nuestro-futbol.php}} Arnold shared his father's keen interest in sports and made his debut for Alumni on 14 April 1902 at the age of 15.{{Citation |title=The Victorian Football Miscellany|date=29 May 2013|publisher=Paul Brown|isbn=9780956227058|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RcfKAQAAQBAJ&q=Arnold+Watson+Hutton+alumni&pg=PA52}}
As a teenager, Watson Hutton travelled to Europe, studying in Scotland and Germany. When he returned to Argentina he was part of the Alumni team that won the Primera División championship in 1906, and he made his debut for the Argentina national team in a Copa Newton match against Uruguay at Sociedad Sportiva. He scored the first goal for the 2–1 victory in a game attended by over 5,000.[http://decelesteyblanco.blogspot.com/2008/02/el-otro-watson-hutton.html El otro Watson Hutton] by Eduardo Cántaro, 17 February 2008
Watson Hutton went on to play 17 times for the national side, scoring six goals and winning two international tournaments.{{Citation |title=Diccionario enciclopédico universal ...|year=1976|publisher=Editorial J. C. Granda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UqEwAAAAYAAJ&q=Arnaldo+Watson+Hutton+buenos+aires}} In 1910 he was the top scorer in the Argentine league with 13 goals.
He played for Alumni until the club were disbanded in 1911.[https://www.clarin.com/deportes/alumni-nombre-futbol_0_Syv-vh-xAKg.html Alumni: en el nombre del fútbol] on Clarín, 21 April 2003 After the dissolution of Alumni, Watson Hutton moved to rival Belgrano where he continued his career until his retirement from football two years later.{{Citation |title=Belgrano: 1855, del pueblo al barrio, 1998|year=1998|publisher=Junta de Estudios Históricos de Belgrano|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1nTjAAAAMAAJ&q=Arnaldo+Watson+Hutton+buenos+aires}}
In cricket, he represented Argentina in a single first-class match against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Buenos Aires in 1912.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12543/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Alexander Watson-Hutton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-12-06|url-access=subscription}} He was dismissed without scoring by Morice Bird in the Argentine first innings and was not called upon to bat in their second innings, with Argentina winning the match by 4 wickets.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8627.html|title=Argentina v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1911/12|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-12-06|url-access=subscription}}
Watson Hutton, a scrum-half, played in the first ever international contested by the Argentina rugby union team.{{cite web |title=Arnoldo Pencliff Watson-Hutton |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/argentina/rugby/player/2142.html |website=ESPNscrum}}
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Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires
Category:Argentine men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Argentina men's international footballers
Category:Argentine people of Scottish descent
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Alumni Athletic Club players
Category:Argentine rugby union players