Bill Sautter is a retired American

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player who played professionally in the

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, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League and

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Family

Bill Sautter Sr. has three children. His oldest son is named H. Sautter Jr. His only daughter is named Katherine Emma Sautter,. His youngest son is named Jimmy Sautter.

Soccer

Youth

In 1974, Sautter graduated from Abington High School where he was a 1973 All State soccer player. He was inducted into the Abington High School Hall of Fame in 1992. He then attended

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...

where he played on the men's soccer team from 1974 to 1977. He was a 1975 Honorable Mention (third team) and a 1976 and 1977 Second Team All American.

Professional

In 1978, he turned professional with the Tulsa Roughnecks of the

. He set a league record by scoring three goals in his first four shots on goal. In the fall of 1979, he moved to the

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for the 1979–1980 NASL indoor season. In the spring of 1980, he moved to the

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional association football, soccer club based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Origin ...

, but was released early in the 1981 season. He then signed with the

Pennsylvania Stoners The Pennsylvania Stoners were an American soccer team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2007, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid, i ...

of the American Soccer League. In 1982, he joined the

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of the American Soccer League. In July 1983, the league indefinitely suspended him after he assaulted a referee who had just ejected him from a game against the

. In 1984, he played for the Oklahoma City Stampede in the

. In 1985, he played for the Tulsa Tornados.

Golf

Sautter began playing golf when he was 30. He now is the golf instructor at the Philadelphia Cricket Club and has played in a few

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events.

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