Although he served the club for many years as coach and committee man, he is perhaps best known for captaining the Bulldogs to their first VFL premiership in 1954.
Recruited from Spotswood, Sutton was a tough, nuggety footballer who embodied the club's fighting spirit.
In 1950, he finished equal third in the Brownlow Medal count and won the Con Weickhardt Trophy (as it was then known) as the Bulldogs' best and fairest player that season.
After his retirement as a player, Sutton coached Footscray from 1956 until 9 July 1957, when he was unceremoniously dismissed and replaced by Ted Whitten.
In 1978 Sutton took over the position of President of the Footscray Football Club when Dick Collinson resigned.