- Elijah Pitts
NFL player
DateOfBirth=birth date|1938|2|3|mf=y
Birthplace=Mayflower, Arkansas
DateOfDeath=July, 1998
Deathplace=Buffalo, New York
College=Philander Smith
Position=Running back
DraftedYear=1961
DraftedRound=13 / Pick 180
Honors=Green Bay Packers HOF
years=1961-1969
1970
1970
1971
teams=Green Bay Packers
Los Angeles RamsNew Orleans Saints
Green Bay Packers
DatabaseFootball=PITTSELI01
PFR=Elijah Eugene Pitts (
February 3 1938 - July 1998) was anAmerican football running back in the NFL for theGreen Bay Packers , Los Angeles Rams, and theNew Orleans Saints .Pitts scored two
touchdown s in the originalSuper Bowl . He was inducted into theGreen Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1979.After his playing career ended, Pitts was an assistant coach for the
Los Angeles Rams , Houston Oilers, and theBuffalo Bills , coaching in all four of the Bills' Super Bowl appearances in the early 90s. Pitts occasionally substituted as head coach forMarv Levy in the mid-1990s.In October 1997, while still the Bills' assistant head coach, Pitts was diagnosed with
stomach cancer , which claimed his life nine months later at the age of 60.Pitts' son
Ron Pitts is currently a sportscaster for theFox television network .External links
* [http://www2.jsonline.com/packer/sbxxxiii/news/pitts71098.stm Elijah dies]
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