In 1974, Sautter graduated from Abington High School where he was a 1973 All State soccer player.
[3][4] In 1978, he turned professional with the Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League.
In the fall of 1979, he moved to the Los Angeles Aztecs for the 1979–1980 NASL indoor season.
[6] In July 1983, the league indefinitely suspended him after he assaulted a referee who had just ejected him from a game against the Pennsylvania Stoners.
He now is the golf instructor at the Philadelphia Cricket Club[9] and has played in a few Champions Tour events.