Tut Imlay

Imlay arrived in 1920 to play and to teach the game of football to Salinas High players and fans. As captain of the University of California team, he earned All-West Coast honors in 1924 and 1925 and All-American status in 1925. He quarterbacked the West team to victory in the first East-West Shrine game in 1925. An NFL pioneer, Imlay started for and coached the Los Angeles Buccaneers in 1926 and the champion New York Giants in 1927. After football, Inlay chose a career in military aviation, setting several records for long-distance flying in the late 1920s. In World War II, he flew bombers against the Axis and rose to the rank of colonel.