Editing Red Dutton (section)

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and executive}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Red Dutton<br />{{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]]}}
| halloffame = 1958
| image = Red Dutton, Calgary Tigers.jpg
| caption = Dutton with the [[Calgary Tigers]], {{c.|1921}}
| image_size = 230px
| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|7|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Russell, Manitoba]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|3|15|1897|7|23|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Calgary]], Alberta, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 185
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots = Right
| played_for = [[Calgary Tigers]]<br>[[Montreal Maroons]]<br>[[New York Americans]]
| career_start = 1921
| career_end = 1936
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| order = 2nd [[NHL commissioner|President of the National Hockey League]]
| term_start = 1943
| term_end = 1946
| predecessor = [[Frank Calder]]
| successor = [[Clarence Campbell]]
}}
}}
'''Norman Alexander Dutton''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]]}} (July 23, 1897 – March 15, 1987) was a Canadian [[ice hockey]] player, coach and executive. Commonly known as '''Red Dutton''', and earlier by the nickname "Mervyn", he played for the [[Calgary Tigers]] of the [[Western Canada Hockey League]] (WCHL) and the [[Montreal Maroons]] and [[New York Americans]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL).  A rugged and physical [[defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]], Dutton often led his team in [[penalty (ice hockey)|penalty minutes]], won the WCHL championship in 1924 as a member of the Tigers and was twice named a WCHL All-Star.

Dutton coached and managed the Americans, and later purchased the team before suspending operations in 1942 due to World War II.  He served as the second [[NHL Commissioner|president]] of the NHL between 1943 and 1946 before resigning the position after the NHL's owners reneged on a promise to allow the Americans to resume operations following the war.  He served as a [[Stanley Cup]] trustee for 37 years but otherwise limited his involvement with the NHL following the Americans' demise. He was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1958.

A successful businessman, Dutton operated a construction company that built Calgary's [[McMahon Stadium]] in 1960 and he served for a time as the president of the [[Calgary Stampeders]] football club and later the [[Calgary Exhibition and Stampede]]. He was invested as a member of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1981 and is honoured by both the [[Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame|Manitoba Hockey]] and [[Alberta Sports Hall of Fame|Alberta Sports]] Halls of Fame.  He was posthumously awarded the [[Lester Patrick Trophy]] in 1993 in recognition of his contributions to the game of hockey in the United States.

He was the last surviving former player of the [[Calgary Tigers]].