Barry Hutchinson

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| name = Barry Hutchinson

| image =

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| fullname = James Barry Hutchinson

| birth_date = 27 January 1936

| birth_place = Sheffield, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|6|12|1936|1|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Rotherham, England

| height =

| position = Wing half / Forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Bolton Wanderers

| years1 = 1953–1960 | clubs1 = Chesterfield | caps1 = 154 | goals1 = 16

| years2 = 1960–1964 | clubs2 = Derby County | caps2 = 107 | goals2 = 51

| years3 = 1964–1965 | clubs3 = Weymouth | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1965–1966 | clubs4 = Lincoln City | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 18

| years5 = 1966 | clubs5 = Darlington | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 14

| years6 = 1966–1967 | clubs6 = Halifax Town | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 14

| years7 = 1967–1968 | clubs7 = Rochdale | caps7 = 27 | goals7 = 3

| years8 = – | clubs8 = Bangor City | caps8 = | goals8 =

}}

James Barry Hutchinson (27 January 1936 – 12 June 2005), known as Barry Hutchinson,{{cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/staticFiles/fd/49/0,,10435~150013,00.xls |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204022833/http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/staticFiles/fd/49/0%2C%2C10435~150013%2C00.xls |archivedate=4 December 2011 |title=Chesterfield FC: Football League players, 1921 to 2009 |format=Excel spreadsheet |publisher=Chesterfield F.C. |first=Stuart |last=Basson |accessdate=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead }} was an English professional footballer who scored 116 goals from 367 appearances in the Football League playing for Chesterfield, Derby County, Lincoln City, Darlington, Halifax Town and Rochdale.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/barryhutchinson.html |title=Barry Hutchinson |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=19 April 2010}} He was a member of Frank O'Farrell's Weymouth team that won the Southern League title in 1964–65{{cite web |url=http://www.theterras.co.uk/website/old-season-first-team/1964-1965.htm |title=1964–1965 |first=Nigel |last=Biddlecombe |publisher=Weymouth F.C |accessdate=19 April 2010}} and of the Darlington team promoted from the Fourth Division the following season.{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7045959.Class_of__66_reunited_at_Fortress_Feethams |title=Class of '66 Reunited at Fortress Feethams |newspaper=The Northern Echo |date=18 January 2003 |accessdate=12 November 2013}} He played as a wing half in the early part of his career, later as a forward.

Football career

Hutchinson was born in Sheffield, the son of former Bournemouth, Lincoln City and Oldham Athletic footballer Jimmy Hutchinson.{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=hutc01 |title=Barry Hutchinson |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C. |accessdate=19 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326071017/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=hutc01 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} Access 1965–66 season statistics via Season Stats dropdown menu. He began his football career as an amateur with Bolton Wanderers, but never appeared for the first team, and moved on to Chesterfield in 1953. He made his debut on 19 March 1955 in a 2–1 home win against Halifax Town in the Football League Third Division North.{{cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/staticFiles/32/37/0,,10435~145202,00.xls |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204022833/http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/staticFiles/32/37/0%2C%2C10435~145202%2C00.xls |archivedate=4 December 2011 |title=Chesterfield FC: First-team debuts |format=Excel spreadsheet |publisher=Chesterfield F.C. |first1=Stuart |last1=Basson |first2=Paul |last2=Kellett |accessdate=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead }} He spent seven years with Chesterfield, mainly playing as a wing half, before moving on to Derby County of the Second Division for a fee of £2,000 plus two players.

Derby used Hutchinson as an inside left. After his second appearance for the first team produced his first goal, the Derby Evening Telegraph's reporter felt he "merit[ed] further opportunities".{{cite news |url=http://www.therams.co.uk/news/article-1110077-detail/article.html |title=Watford 2–5 Derby County |newspaper=Derby Evening Telegraph |date=11 October 1960 |first=Gerald |last=Mortimer |accessdate=19 April 2010}} He scored again in the next game,{{cite news |url=http://www.therams.co.uk/news/article-1110069-detail/article.html |title=Derby County 4–1 Luton Town |newspaper=Derby Evening Telegraph |date=15 October 1960 |first=Gerald |last=Mortimer |accessdate=19 April 2010}} and in the next, despite his inexperience in the position, he was described as "nearly always seem[ing] to have space in which to receive the ball; many of his precise passes set up movements which betrayed the Colliers' defenders into a series of thoughtless clearances, and he was a constant menace near goal".{{cite news |url=http://www.therams.co.uk/news/article-1110078-detail/article.html |title=Derby County 3–0 Barnsley |newspaper=Derby Evening Telegraph |date=19 October 1960 |first=Gerald |last=Mortimer |accessdate=19 April 2010}} He went on to score 51 goals from 107 League games in four seasons with Derby. Transfer-listed early on in the 1963–64 season,{{cite news |url=http://www.therams.co.uk/news/article-1108827-detail/article.html |title=Bury 1–2 Derby County |newspaper=Derby Evening Telegraph |date=8 October 1963 |first=Gerald |last=Mortimer |accessdate=19 April 2010}} once returned to the first team his performances as both creator and scorer of goals helped Derby avoid relegation.{{cite news |url=http://www.therams.co.uk/news/article-1108806-detail/article.html |title=Derby County 3–3 Middlesbrough |newspaper=Derby Evening Telegraph |date=15 April 1963 |first=Gerald |last=Mortimer |accessdate=19 April 2010}}{{cite news |url=http://www.therams.co.uk/news/article-1108811-detail/article.html |title=Derby County 3–0 Norwich City |newspaper=Derby Evening Telegraph |date=6 May 1963 |first=Gerald |last=Mortimer |accessdate=19 April 2010}}

Hutchinson signed for Southern League club Weymouth, then managed by Frank O'Farrell, in July 1964 for a £6,000 fee. Hutchinson's goalscoring was prolific. From 56 matches in the 1964–65 season he produced 46 goals,{{cite web |url=http://www.theterras.co.uk/website/players%20of%20yesteryear/h2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050621082812/http://www.theterras.co.uk/website/players%20of%20yesteryear/h2.htm |url-status=dead |archivedate=21 June 2005 |title=Players of yesteryear (H ho–hu) |publisher=Weymouth F.C |first=Nigel |last=Biddlecombe }} eleven of which came in January 1965, when he scored in each of the seven games Weymouth played that month. His 36 goals in League competition contributed not only to a Southern League winners' medal, but also a £2,000 move back into the Football League. Six months with Lincoln City in the Fourth Division was enough to make him their leading scorer for the 1965–66 season, with 20 goals from 27 games in all competitions (18 from 24 in the League). A move to Fourth Division rivals Darlington followed, "signed in February 1966 to add goals to the promotion push".{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7098049.Lol___a_true_legend_in_Darlington_FC_s_history/ |title=Lol – A True Legend in Darlington FC's History |newspaper=The Northern Echo |date=21 September 2001 |accessdate=12 November 2013}} The transfer fee of £5,000 was high by Fourth Division standards of the time, but the push for promotion – the club's first in more than 40 years – was successful and earned manager Lol Morgan and his team legendary status among Darlington supporters.

Hutchinson played only 30 League games for Darlington, which produced 14 goals, before moving on in November 1966 to yet another Fourth Division club, Halifax Town, for a £2,000 fee. At the end of that season he continued his tour of the Fourth Division, joining Rochdale for a fee of £2,500.{{cite web |url=http://shaymenonline.org/sol2/players.php?section=profile&id=582 |title=Barry Hutchinson |publisher=Shaymen Online |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309093219/http://www.shaymenonline.org/sol2/players.php?section=profile&id=582 |archivedate=9 March 2007}} A year later he dropped into non-League football with Bangor City, founder members of the Northern Premier League.{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/BANGORC.HTM |title=Bangor City |work=Football Club History Database |publisher=Richard Rundle |access-date=18 October 2010}}

Hutchinson died in Rotherham in 2005 at the age of 69.