Graham Tutt
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-08-27)27 August 1956
Place of birth London, England
Date of death 22 June 2022(2022-06-22) (aged 65)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Plumstead royals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1976 Charlton Athletic 65 (0)
1974–1975 → Workington FC (loan) 4 (0)
1978–1979 Arcadia Shepherds
1980 Columbus Magic
1980–81 Atlanta Chiefs (indoor) 4 (0)
1981 Atlanta Chiefs 32 (0)
1982 Georgia Generals 16 (0)
1983 Anheuser Busch
1984–1988 Atlanta Datagraphic
Managerial career
1991–2001 Life University
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Graham Tutt (27 August 1956 – 22 June 2022) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After spending four seasons in England and sustaining a serious eye injury, he spent two seasons in South Africa before moving to the United States for the remainder of his career. He played two seasons in the second division American Soccer League and one in the North American Soccer League. He also finished runner up in the 1986 National Amateur Cup with Atlanta Datagraphics. After his retirement, he held numerous coaching and executive positions in the state of Georgia.

In 1974, Tutt made his professional debut with Charlton Athletic. He was seventeen at the time. During the 1975–1976 season, he went on loan with Workington FC for four games. In 1976, he suffered an eye injury which put him of action for eighteen months.[1] In 1978, he returned to playing with the Arcadia Shepherds in the South African League. In 1979, he played for the Arcadia Pepsi which may have been the same team, under new sponsorship. During his two seasons in South Africa, he was twice selected as the Goalkeeper of the Year by the South African Press. In 1980, he moved to the United States where he spent one season with the Columbus Magic in the second division American Soccer League. He was an ASL All Star and moved up to the Atlanta Chiefs of the North American Soccer League in 1981. In 1982, he finished his professional career with the Georgia Generals of the ASL.[2] However, he continued to play for several years on the amateur level, ironically, as a forward. In 1983, as part of the Anhauser Busch team, he led the Atlanta District Amateur Soccer League (ADASL) in scoring. In 1984, he moved to Atlanta Datagraphic Soccer Club, also in the ADASL, where he played until 1988. In 1987, Datagraphic fell to Yonkers Polish American Eagles in the final of the National Amateur Cup.[3] He retired from playing in 1988.

After his retirement from playing professionally, Tutt turned towards coaching. From 1983 to 2004, he ran various soccer training camps throughout the state of Georgia. In 1988, he established the Canturbury Parks Soccer Complex. In 1989, he founded the Atlanta Attack of the indoor National Professional Soccer League. In 1991, he founded the men's soccer team at Life University and coached it until the school disbanded its sports program in 2001.

Tutt died on 22 June 2022, at the age of 65.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Goalkeeping: The School of Hard Knocks
  2. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1982". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1987". Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "RIP Graham Tutt". Charlton Athletic F.C. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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