Arnold Watson Hutton

Arnold Pencliffe Watson Hutton (20 August 1886 – 29 July 1951) was an Argentine football striker that played for Alumni and Belgrano A.C.. As international, he played for the Argentina national team.

Arnold Watson Hutton
Personal information
Full name Arnold Pencliffe Watson Hutton
Date of birth (1886-08-20)20 August 1886
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 29 July 1951(1951-07-29) (aged 64)
Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–11 Alumni
1911–13 Belgrano
National team
1906–13 Argentina 17 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Other sports practised by Watson Hutton representing his country include cricket, tennis and waterpolo.[1]

Biography

Arnold, known as "Arnoldo" in Argentina was the son of Alexander Watson Hutton, the Scotsman known as the father of Argentine football for his role in founding the Argentine Football Association and the Alumni A.C.[2] Arnold shared his father's keen interest in sports, and made his debut for Alumni on 14 April 1902 at the age of 15.[3]

As a teenager Arnold travelled to Europe, he studied 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 v Uruguay at Sociedad Sportiva. Watson Hutton he scored the first goal for the 2–1 victory in a game attended by over 5,000.[4]

He went on to play 17 times for the national side, scoring six goals and winning two international tournaments.[5] 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.[6] After the dissolution of Alumni, Watson Hutton moved to rival Belgrano where he continued his career until his retirement from football two years later.[7]

References
  1. Los Pumas y aquello que vino del fútbol, La Nación
  2. Los grandes primeros cracks de nuestro fútbol, El Gráfico
  3. The Victorian Football Miscellany, Paul Brown
  4. El otro Watson Hutton by Eduardo Cántaro, 17 Feb 2008
  5. Diccionario enciclopédico universal ..., Editorial J. C. Granda
  6. Alumni: en el nombre del fútbol on Clarín, 21 Apr 2003
  7. Belgrano: 1855, del pueblo al barrio, 1998, Junta de Estudios Históricos de Belgrano
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