fullname heightweight death_date death_place years birth_place clubs statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
ernest benjamin utting 166 cm / 73 kg 21 november 1948 hawthorn , victoria 1919 - '' ' -- 1922 1925 -- 1932 '' ` total collingwood , victoria collingwood hawthorn 1932 preston 31 october 1897 ern utting
 ern utting
ern utting

ern ` tich ' utting -lrb- 31 october 1897 -- 21 november 1948 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for collingwood and hawthorn in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
utting started his league career with collingwood but struggled to get game time in what was a strong side , although he managed to top their goalkicking in 1920 with 23 goals .
after four years he left the club and joined hawthorn who were then in the victorian football association .
he returned to the big time in 1925 and was a member of hawthorn 's inaugural vfl side .
the club champion in 1927 and 1929 , utting was also the first hawthorn footballer to play 100 vfl games .
playing mainly in the back pocket , he polled well in the brownlow medal during his career and finished in the top 10 on three occasions .
he left the senior side at the end of 1932 but captained the seconds side in 1933 , winning the gardiner medal for the league 's best and fairest player .
utting died in 1948 .
