After impressing in the Luton Reserve side, he was elevated to the first team but only managed five senior appearances and one goal for the Hatters.
Making his debut away to Newport County on 30 August 1930, he had to give up his favoured centre forward position to Jimmy Trotter.
[3] He proved his versatility by playing at every position on the pitch during his Torquay career, even filling in for injured goalkeeper Percy Maggs during a home game against Brighton & Hove Albion where he managed to save a penalty.
[4] By the end of the 1938–39 season, Hutchinson had made a record 338 appearances for Torquay before his career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.
[4] Hutchinson eventually returned to Sheffield to work in the steel industry before his death from lung cancer in May 1974.