Lawrence Herbert "Dutch" Dupont (December 22, 1891 – April 5, 1955) was a

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player. He was a prominent

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for the

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from 1910 to

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. He was elected to the

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in 1937. James Dwyer used Tom Dutton for a "kangaroo play" in which Dupont would crawl between Dutton's legs; supposedly very effective in short yardage situations. He graduated from Western Military Academy. Dupont never came off the field. He had 15 touchdowns in 1913, four of them coming on November 22 in a game against

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in a 40–0 victory.

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