Background
Nutter was born in Summersville, West Virginia and grew up in Huntington, West Virginia, where he acquired the nickname "Buzz" as a young manitoba
Nutter was born in Summersville, West Virginia and grew up in Huntington, West Virginia, where he acquired the nickname "Buzz" as a young manitoba
He attended and played high school football at Vinson High School. Nutter attended and played college football at Virginia Technology
He played college football at Virginia Technology After his senior season, he became the first player from Virginia Technical drafted into the NFL, despite the team going 0-10, 2-8 and 5-6 the final three seasons of his career. Nutter was inducted into the Virginia Technical Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.
Nutter was drafted in the 12th round of the 1953 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.
He failed to make the team in the offseason and moved back to West Virginia to work in a steel mill. Nutter was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, along with Eugene Lipscomb, in 1961 for wide receiver Jimmy Orr.
Nutter played in Pittsburgh for four seasons and was selected for the Pro Bowl in 1962. In 1965, he returned to the Colts and played for one more season.
After retiring from football, Nutter moved to Louisiana Plata, Maryland and started a beverage distribution company in Waldorf, Maryland that he ran for more than 40 years.
The company was named Center Distributors after his football position. Nutter"s wife of 44 years, Carole, a devout Catholic, died in 1997. Nutter died on April 12, 2008 of heart failure at Civista Medical Center in Louisiana Plata.