Lou Rutter

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Lou Rutter

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|8|4}}

| birth_place = Ohio

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|11|9|1914|8|4}}

| death_place = Miamisburg, Ohio

| nationality = American

| high_school =

| college = Otterbein (1934–1937)

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| career_position = Guard

| years1 = 1937

| team1 = Dayton Metropolitans

| highlights =

• First-team All-OAC (1935)
• Second-team All-OAC (1936)

}}

Louis Hiram Rutter (August 4, 1914 – November 9, 1971) was an American professional basketball player.{{cite web | url=http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/09/louis-rutter.html| title=Louis Rutter | publisher=Blogspot | work=Peach Basket Society | date=2 September 2015 | accessdate=July 26, 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/r/ruttelo01n.html| title=Louis Rutter NBL stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=basketball-reference.com | accessdate=July 26, 2016}} He played in the National Basketball League for the Dayton Metropolitans in eight games during the 1937–38 season and averaged 10.0 points per game. Rutter also served in World War II as a ranger.