Danny Hutchinson was an American college football player and coach. He played football for the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

in 1908 and 1909 and served as the head football coach at

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the col ...

in 1913.

Athlete

He played

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and halfback for the

football team in 1908 and 1909. He also performed punting duties for Penn and first gained acclaim as "the great punter of 1908." ''

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'' described him as "the star back-field" player for the 1909 Penn Quakers football team. In 1910, Hutchinson was declared ineligible to play football by Penn's faculty athletic committee because of "conditions in his studies." The loss of Hutchinson was described as "a severe blow to Pennsylvania's football prospects."

Coach

In 1912, he served as an assistant football coach under Andy Smith at the University of Pennsylvania. In April 1913, he was hired as the head football coach at

. In his single season as Wesleyan's head football coach, Hutchinson compiled a 5–3–1 record. In December 1913, Wesleyan announced that Hutchinson would not be re-engaged as the football coach for the 1914 season. ''The New York Times'' reported that the team had made a good showing in the early part of the season but had slumped in the final two games against

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and

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. Hutchinson later became a tennis player. In March 1920, he was defeated in a doubles match in the second round of the annual tournament for the court tennis championship of the United States.

References

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