12 Facts About Pete Elliott

Peter R Elliott was an American football player and coach.

From 1979 to 1996, Pete Elliott served as executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Pete Elliott was an All-American quarterback on the undefeated 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team that won a national championship.

Pete Elliott was a standout basketball player who was first-team All-Big Ten Conference in 1948 and second-team All-Big Ten in 1949 as well as team MVP in 1948.

Pete Elliott is the only Michigan athlete to have earned 12 letters in varsity sports: football, basketball, and golf.

At Michigan, Pete Elliott played football with his brother Bump, who became a well known college coach.

In 1960, Pete Elliott succeeded Ray Eliot at Illinois and was at the school until 1966.

Pete Elliott served as athletic director at Miami from 1973 to 1978.

In March 1978, Pete Elliott rejoined his former boss, Bud Wilkinson, as an assistant with the NFL St Louis Cardinals.

Pete Elliott served as executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame from 1979 to 1996 and was serving on its board of trustees.

Pete Elliott was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and was selected as a Significant Sig.

Pete Elliott died at the age of 86 of congestive heart failure on January 4,2013, in Canton, Ohio.