Dick Tuttle 

Dick Tuttle spent more than 32 years as a coach, teacher and administrator with the Salinas Union High School District. In 2009 he was inducted into the Salinas High School Hall of Fame after serving 10 years as the head varsity football coach, starting in 1963. A legendary fastpitch softball pitcher Tuttle pitched for 39 years – 25 of those in the Salinas area. He was the founding member of the Board of Directors for the Committee for the Preservation of Fastpitch Softball in Salinas. Tuttle was once picked up by a team in Benicia and helped it to the Western Regional tourney title by pitching four games in two days. He also organized, financed and coached semi-pro baseball in 1961 and 1962, until minor league baseball returned to Salinas. Tuttle was a member of the Northern California Golf Association and Salinas Fairways Men’s Golf Club for 18 years. He was tournament director for nine years and president for three years.