Talma W. "Tut" Imlay (March 20, 1902 – May 17, 1962) was an

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player who played two seasons in the

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and in

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. During those two years, Tut played for the

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and the

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. In 1927, Tut won an NFL Championship with the Giants. In 1926, Imlay earned 1st Team All-NFL honors by the ''

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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

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at the

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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 Harold Powers "Brick" Muller (June 12, 1901 – May 17, 1962) was a professional football player-coach for the Los Angeles Buccaneers during their only season in the National Football League in 1926. He was also an American track and fiel ...

from the top of a 415-foot building in

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. On December 26, 1925, the first touchdown scored in

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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

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, called the Los Angeles Buccaneers. The Bucs played all their games on the road, and ran out of

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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

. The Buccaneers folded shortly afterwards, while the Giants went on to win the 1927 NFL Championship.http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Linescores/1927.pdf

References

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