Editing Red Dutton (section)

==Business career==
Attempting to overcome the failure of his first contracting business following World War I, Dutton operated a second using the money he earned with the Tigers and Maroons.  It too failed in 1933 as a result of the [[Great Depression]].<ref name="OCStampede" /> In 1938, he tried again, joining with Reg Jennings and his brother Jack to form the Standard Gravel and Surfacing Company in Calgary.<ref name="RLPColeman" />  The company proved immensely successful during [[World War II]], building numerous airports within Canada as part of the [[British Commonwealth Air Training Plan]] as well as completing highways in northern Alberta and the [[Northwest Territories]].<ref name="OCStampede" /> After serving a year as vice-chairman, Dutton was named the chairman of the prairie roadbuilders section of the Canadian Construction Association in 1950.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5e5TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JzkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6688,953759 |title=Dutton heads roadbuilders |work=Regina Leader-Post |date=January 11, 1950 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |page=3}}</ref> By 1960, the company had become Standard Holdings Ltd., operating 20 different companies that had $70 million in contracts for that year alone,<ref name="CHStampede1960" /> and Dutton had personally become a millionaire.<ref name="NYT1961" />

{{Quote box| quote  ="People think that I still bear a grudge against the NHL governors because they didn't give me back my New York team. The truth is that they did me a big favour, which I didn't appreciate immediately in 1946. They sent me back here to work with Reg in a business which has brought joy and success to both of us."|align=right |width=30%|source=Dutton discussing his long absence from the NHL in 1980.<ref name="HeraldColeman1980" />}}

He remained active in the sporting world as well.  When the [[Calgary Stampeders]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] found themselves in financial trouble in 1955,<ref>{{cite news |title=Grid operation mode outlined |work=Calgary Herald |date=December 14, 1955 |page=48}}</ref> Dutton led a group of local businessmen in purchasing the team.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hunter |first=Gorde |title=Red Dutton heads new group to take over local grid entry |work=Calgary Herald |date=December 20, 1955 |page=26}}</ref>  Named the president of the team, he worked to increase the team's revenues and to force a greater level of professionalism amongst his peers in Canadian football.<ref name="CHProfessional">{{cite news |last=Simaluk |first=Vern |title=Dutton gave real meaning to 'professional' |work=Calgary Herald |date=March 18, 1987 |page=F5}}</ref> He served as team president until 1959.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sport front briefs |work=Christian Science Monitor |date=February 10, 1959 |page=Sports 14}}</ref>

Dutton's company built the [[Chinook Centre]] shopping mall,<ref name="CSPrince">{{cite news |last=Bishop |first=Eric |title=He was a prince |work=Calgary Sun |date=March 17, 1987 |page=54}}</ref> and in 1960, was contracted to build [[McMahon Stadium]] as the new home of the Stampeders.  He bet [[George L. McMahon|George McMahon]], the stadium's benefactor,  $1,000 that he could complete the 19,000 seat facility within four months.  He won the bet with three days to spare.<ref name="HeraldNoTask">{{cite news |last=Maki |first=Allan |title=No task was too big for Red Dutton to tackle |work=Calgary Herald |date=March 16, 1987 |page=A1}}</ref>

Also in 1960, Dutton was named president of the [[Calgary Stampede|Calgary Exhibition and Stampede]] on a two-year term.<ref name="CHStampede1960" /> He had been a Stampede director for ten-years previous to his appointment.<ref name="OCStampede" /> As head of the exhibition, he also spoke for the [[Calgary Stampeders (ice hockey)|Stampeders]] hockey team of the [[Western Hockey League (1952–1974)|Western Hockey League]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ob1UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8jsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3942,3194301 |title=Franchise talk to come later |work=Regina Leader-Post |date=April 15, 1961 |access-date=December 4, 2010 |page=25}}</ref> and was its chief negotiator.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SJwRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6882,3693997 |title=Calgary six looks potent |work=Spokane Spokesman-Review |date=October 10, 1960 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |page=13}}</ref> Through his work and community spirit, Dutton played a major role in helping Calgary and the surrounding area shed its rural image in the 25 years following World War II.<ref name="CHProfessional" />