Talma W. "Tut" Imlay (March 20, 1902 – March 20, 1976) was an
American football
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player who played two seasons in the
National Football League
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(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
Imlay attended Salinas High School in 1920 where he played for the school's first football team that played by American rules.
In 2013, he was inducted into the Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame.
College football
Tut played
college football
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at the
University of California
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. 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
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. 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.
Pro football
In 1926, the NFL established a
traveling team in
California
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, called the Los Angeles Buccaneers. The Bucs played all their games on the road, and ran out of
Chicago
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. 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. 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.
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References
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1902 births
1976 deaths
American football fullbacks
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California Golden Bears football players
Los Angeles Buccaneers coaches
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New York Giants players
People from Panguitch, Utah
Players of American football from Utah