William Thayer Tutt (born March 2, 1912 in Coronado, California - March 24, 1989) was an executive for several ice hockey leagues and organizations.

Tutt was instrumental in bring the first NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championships to the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He would also help bring the Soviet Union's ice hockey team to the United States for the first time in 1959. From 1966 to 1969, he was president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

In the 1970s, when word got out that the United States Olympic Committee was looking for a newer, more modern home, he helped convince the committee to move to Colorado Springs.

Tutt was elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978.

[edit] External links

• William Thayer Tutt's biography at Legends of Hockey

Preceded by John F "Bunny" Ahearne

President of the IIHF 1966–69

Succeeded by John F "Bunny" Ahearne

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