Graham Tutt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Graham Tutt

English footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1956

Place of Birth: London

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Graham Tutt

  • Graham Tutt is an English retired professional footballer goalkeeper who spent four seasons in England.
  • Following 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.
  • Since his retirement, he has 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.
  • In 1978, he returned to playing with the Arcadia Sheperds 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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