Red Dutton

Mervyn "Red" Dutton ( born July 23, 1898 in Russell, Manitoba; † 15 March 1987) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach, who from 1926 to 1936 for the Montreal Maroons and New York Americans in the National Hockey League played. From 1943 to 1946 he was president of the NHL.

Career

Mervyn went to Winnipeg to collage, but in 1915 he enlisted in the military. Here, he retired injured by shrapnel in the right leg and the doctors wanted to amputate the leg. However, the healing was significantly better than expected and the leg was completely healed. After he was not professionally successful, he decided to become professional hockey player and accepted an offer from the Calgary Canadians about $ 2,500. He moved to the Calgary Tigers and played with this team in the Western Canadian Hockey League. With this team he played in 1924 for the Stanley Cup. Beside him defended Herb Gardiner.

For the season 1926/27, he joined the Montreal Maroons in the National Hockey League. With this team failed at the end of the 1927/28 season again in the Stanley Cup Finals. For $ 35,000, the New York Americans of the Maroons four players picked for the 1930/31 season. In addition to Dutton this Mike Neville were Hap Emms and Frank Carson. Until the season 1935/36 he played in New York, then he took over the Americans the job of the coach. Dutton became the man who was behind the Americans. It was he who renamed the team in Brooklyn Americans and he also had a funding of $ 7,000,000 on the legs to build a new stadium for the team. To this end, it never came. The Americans established in 1942 for the wartime play activities a.

After the sudden death of President Frank Calder NHL Dutton took over temporarily the presidency of the NHL. They had promised him that he could build a NHL franchise in Brooklyn after the war again. He forged the future plans for the NHL and stated that he could imagine a league with 15 teams in three groups. Such statements met not get any love in the NHL. The NHL refused him the promised support for its plans in Brooklyn. However, with his departure in 1946 he was able to ensure that its employees Clarence Campbell became his successor.

Dutton was very upset, especially over the New York Rangers, who have always been against a new team in the New York metropolitan area. For him it was always a satisfaction that the Rangers could not win a Stanley Cup in his lifetime. He was for many years active in hockey environment and was accepted in 1958 as a player in the Hockey Hall of Fame. But after his demise as NHL president he was until the first home game of the Calgary Flames in 1980 with no play in the NHL have been more.

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Sporting successes

Personal Awards

• Second All-Star Team: 1939 ( as coach )
• Lester Patrick Trophy: 1993