He was a three-time national champion sculler and an Olympian who competed in the men's double sculls event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

At the 1960 Australian Interstate Championships rowed in Launceston he was New South Wales' single sculls entrant and won his event - the President's Cup.

[4] The next month at the inaugural Australian Rowing Championships held at Lake Wendouree in Ballarat, Tutty and Barclay Wade won the national double sculls title.

[6] Tutty's younger brother Dennis was also a rower and found fame as a first grade rugby league player with Sydney's Balmain Tigers.

He was the subject a landmark restraint of trade case which changed Australian professional rugby league players' transfer rights.