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Norwich City player Chris Sutton and his father Mike Sutton. Photo: Archant Library
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Former Norwich City striker Chris Sutton said he believes heading a football is what ultimately killed his father.
Mike Sutton died on December 26 last year aged 76 after battling dementia.
He started his career with Norwich City in 1962 before going on to play for Chester City and Carlisle United before he was forced to retire in 1972 due to injury.
Former city midfielder Mike Sutton.
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Chris, who went onto play for Blackburn, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham and Aston Villa, has spoken out about the life and death of his father, who went onto be a PE teacher at Hellesdon High school, in an interview with BBC Breakfast on Tuesday (April 6).
Mike Sutton, at Hellesdon High School on the day of his retirement
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The school where former Norwich City player Mike Sutton taught PE will hold a poignant tribute to him on the day of his funeral.
Mr Sutton, the father of fellow ex-Canary Chris Sutton, taught PE at Hellesdon High School for more than 30 years, retiring in 2007.
He died on Boxing Day following a lengthy fight with Alzheimer s, with widespread tributes to him pouring in from across the sporting world.
And on Monday, January 18, former colleagues and two ex-pupils who followed in his footsteps will pay their respects to him on the day of his funeral.
Norwich City player Chris Sutton and his father Mike Sutton. Photo: Archant Library
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A former Norwich City teammate of Mike Sutton has paid a heart-warming tribute to him, as he shared an anecdote of a good-natured prank on tour.
Tributes have been flooding in for the former footballer, who was also a keen cricketer and PE teacher at Hellesdon High School after his playing days ended.
Norwich City youth development officer Colin Watts (front row right) in the C1959 Norwich City B team with (back row 2nd left) Mike Sutton. Picture: Simon Finlay
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