Tut Imlay
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| Positions | Fullback • Halfback • Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 20, 1902 Panguitch, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | March 20, 1976 (aged 74) Pebble Beach, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | California |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1926 | Los Angeles Buccaneers |
| 1927 | New York Giants |
Coaching | |
| 1926 | Los Angeles Buccaneers |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Coaching profile at Pro Football Reference | |
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Talma W. "Tut" Imlay (March 20, 1902 – March 20, 1976) was an American football player who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) in 1926 and in 1927. During those two years, Tut played for the Los Angeles Buccaneers and the New York Giants. In 1927, Tut won an NFL Championship with the Giants. In 1926, Imlay earned 1st Team All-NFL honors by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Early career
[edit | edit source]Imlay attended Salinas High School in 1920 where he played for the school's first football team that played by American rules.[1] In 2013, he was inducted into the Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame.[1]
College football
[edit | edit source]Tut played college football at the University of California. In 1925 he was named the captain of the Golden Bears football team. While in college, Imlay once tossed a football to teammate Harold Muller from the top of a 415-foot building in San Francisco.[2] On December 26, 1925, the first touchdown scored in East–West Shrine Game history was a 27-yard pass by Imlay to Brick Muller, which turned out to be the only points scored in the inaugural game, resulting in a 6–0 West victory. It was the only touchdown pass Imlay ever threw in a football game.[3]
Pro football
[edit | edit source]In 1926, the NFL established a traveling team in California, called the Los Angeles Buccaneers. The Bucs played all their games on the road, and ran out of Chicago. Brick Muller and Tut were then named the team's co-head coaches. Muller and Imlay both not only coached the team and also played for the Bucs. L.A. finished the 1926 season with a record of 6–3–1.[4] After the 1926 season, he left Muller and the Bucs and joined the New York Giants. The Buccaneers folded shortly afterwards, while the Giants went on to win the 1927 NFL Championship.[5]
References
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- 1902 births
- 1976 deaths
- American football fullbacks
- American football halfbacks
- American football quarterbacks
- California Golden Bears football players
- Los Angeles Buccaneers coaches
- Los Angeles Buccaneers players
- New York Giants players
- People from Panguitch, Utah
- Players of American football from Utah
- 20th-century American people