Edwin C. Dutton

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1928|03|30}}

| birth_place = British Malaya

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| position = Centre-back

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Edwin C. Dutton (30 March 1928 – 25 May 1985) was a Malaysian footballer who played for Selangor and Malaya national team as a centre-back.{{cite news|url=http://malaysiafootballmuseum.blogspot.com/2017/09/in-malaya-cup-1961-selangor-and-perak.html?m=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103100042/http://malaysiafootballmuseum.blogspot.com/2017/09/in-malaya-cup-1961-selangor-and-perak.html?m=1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 November 2022|title=The Malaya Cup 1961|date=15 September 2017|publisher=Malaysia Football Museum|accessdate=3 November 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/legal-and-general-news/general-news/glory-days-of-sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925230155/https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/legal-and-general-news/general-news/glory-days-of-sports|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 September 2020|title=Glory days of sports|date=31 August 2007|publisher=Malaysiabar.org.my|accessdate=3 November 2022}} Dutton died on 25 May 1985, at the age of 57.{{cite web |title=Edwin Dutton |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CHF40BRpkrP/ |website=MBL on Instagram |access-date=17 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=10 Malaysian football legends we need to remember |url=https://myhometown.com.my/ipoh/10-malaysian-football-legends-we-need-to-remember-ipoh/ |website=Welcome to Ipoh |access-date=17 January 2024 |date=6 June 2018}}

Career overview

Dutton start played as centre-back with Selangor FA between 1950 and 1962 and also former skipper for them.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2020/10/31/dutton-swapped-badminton-racquet-for-a-pair-of-boots|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101021122/https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2020/10/31/dutton-swapped-badminton-racquet-for-a-pair-of-boots|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 November 2020|title=Dutton swapped badminton racquet for a pair of boots|date=31 October 2020|work=The Star|accessdate=3 November 2022}}

Dutton was a part of the Malaya national team that play in the first ever edition, inaugural Pestabola Merdeka 1957.[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19570812-1.2.143?ST=1&AT=search&k=F.A.%20of%20MALAYA%20NAMES%2020%20FOR%20MERDEKA%20GAMES%20SOCCER%20Edwin%20Dutton&QT=fa,of,malaya,names,20,for,merdeka,games,soccer,edwin,dutton&oref=article FAM NAMES 20 FOR MERDEKA GAMES SOCCER . The Straits Times. 12 August 1957, Page 12 - National Library of Singapore] He also was a squad player for Malaya that captured the 1958, 1959 and 1960 Merdeka Tournament editions.{{cite web |title=Merdeka Tournament (Malaysia)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=1 February 2022}}

On 3 September 1962, he was a part of the Malaya player that winning bronze medals in the 1962 Asian Games.{{cite news|url=https://malaysiafootball-dimos.blogspot.com/2020/09/bolasepak-sukan-asia-1962.html?m=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103104841/https://malaysiafootball-dimos.blogspot.com/2020/09/bolasepak-sukan-asia-1962.html?m=1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 November 2022|title=Bolasepak Sukan Asia 1962|language=malay|date=30 September 2020|publisher=Malaysia Dimos|accessdate=3 November 2022}}[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames62.html "Asian Games 1962 (Indonesia)"]. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

Honour

;Selangor

Malaysia Cup: 1948, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962

;Malaya

Merdeka Cup: 1958, 1959, 1960
Sea Games: Gold medal 1961
Asian Games: Bronze medal 1962

References

Category:1928 births

Category:1985 deaths

Category:Malaysian men's footballers

Category:Malaysia men's international footballers

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Selangor F.C. players