Taken as #1 pick by Brisbane in the 1991 AFL Draft from the Claremont Football Club in Western Australia, Hutton was touted as being a highly talented full-forward prospect fresh from having completed a West Australian Football League where he won the Bernie Naylor Medal as the league's leading goalkicker with 100 goals.
He also kicked 8 goals against Geelong Football Club in round 7, 1992 to win the Brisbane Bears goalkicking award in 1992.
[3] Hutton moved to play for Sydney in 1993, but after only kicking 9 goals from five matches he was delisted at the end of the 1993 season.
In 1994, Hutton played for Palm Beach Currumbin in the QAFL and his performances earned him an AFL lifeline when he was selected by the Fremantle Football Club's inaugural squad as part of the WA zoning rule to play in their debut 1995 season.
He managed to equal his best haul of 8 goals in Round 6, 1995 vs Sydney Swans,[4] but overall failed to impress.