William Thayer Tutt (March 2, 1912 in
Coronado, California
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– February 24, 1989 at
El Paso
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) was an
executive
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for several
ice hockey
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leagues and organizations. He is the son of
Charles L. Tutt, Jr., and has two brothers,
Charles L. Tutt, III and Russel Thayer Tutt, and one sister. William married Margaret Bradford Timmons (February 13, 1909 – June 2, 1988 at Colorado Springs) on November 4, 1932. Later he married former
figure skating
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champion
Yvonne Sherman
Yvonne C. Sherman Tutt (May 3, 1930 – February 2, 2005 in Colorado Springs, CO) was an American figure skater. She won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice in ladies' single skating and once in pair skating with Rober ...
.
Tutt was instrumental in bringing the first
NCAA men's ice hockey championships to the
Broadmoor World Arena in
Colorado Springs, Colorado. He also helped bring the
Soviet Union
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's ice hockey team to the
United States
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for the first time in 1959. From 1966 to 1969, he was president of the
International Ice Hockey Federation
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.
In the 1970s, when word got out that the
United States Olympic Committee
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was looking for a newer, more modern home, he helped convince the committee to move to Colorado Springs.
Also in the 1970s, Tutt was instrumental in bringing the
United States Figure Skating Association
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headquarters to Colorado Springs as he arranged the purchase and transfer of the land for the new building. He also helped to bring the
World Figure Skating Championships
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to the Broadmoor.
Tutt was elected to the
United States Hockey Hall of Fame
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in 1973, to the
Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978, and to the
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in 1991.
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1912 births
1989 deaths
Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Ice hockey people from Colorado
International Ice Hockey Federation executives
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
Lester Patrick Trophy recipients
Sportspeople from Colorado Springs, Colorado
United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
USA Hockey
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