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Doc Elliott Date of birth April 6, 1900 Place of birth Youngstown, Ohio Date of death January 11, 1976[1] (aged 75)Place of death Fort Myers, Florida Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 209 pounds (95 kg) Position(s) Fullback, Halfback College Lafayette Jersey Number 21 ('22), 4 ('23), 8 ('24), Career highlights Awards 3x NFL Champion ('22,'23,'24)
1x AFL Champion ('26)Honors 2x Canton Daily News: 1st team all-NFL ('22,'23)
2x GB Press-Gazette: 1st team all-NFL ('23,'24)Statistics Teams 1922-1923
1924-1925
1926
1926
1931Canton Bulldogs
Cleveland Bulldogs
Cleveland Panthers
Philadelphia Quakers
Cleveland IndiansWallace John "Doc" Elliott (born April 6, 1900 - January 11, 1976) was an American football running back. He played five seasons in the National Football League for the Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Bulldogs and the Cleveland Indians. During that time he won NFL Championships with Canton in 1922 and 1923, as well as a third with the Cleveland Bulldogs in 1924. In 1926, the first American Football League was established. Elliott joined the AFL's Cleveland Panthers that year, however later in the season he signed with Philadelphia Quakers. For their one and only season in existence the Quakers won the AFL championship, before folding along with the league. After that season, Elliott retired from pro football, until 1931 when he played one season with the Cleveland Panthers. Elliott was described by the Green Bay Press-Gazette in 1924, after obtaining the newspapaer's 1st team all-NFL honors as being “a first rate line plunger and wonder on the defense. Elliott was the equal of any when it came to backing up the line.”
References
- ""Doc" Elliott Is Signed By Quaker Grid Team". The Philadelphia Record. November 23, 1926. http://home.comcast.net/~ghostsofthegridiron/Quakers_Elliott.htm.
- PFRA. Ditto 1923. Pro Football Researchers Association. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Ditto.pdf.
- Hogrogian, John (1984). "1924 All-Pros". The Coffin Corner (Pro Football Researchers Association) 6 (4). http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/06-04-180.pdf.
- Ongoing Research Project: Jersey Numbers
- Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:Cleveland Panthers
Notes
See also
- American Football League (1926)
- Philadelphia Quakers (AFL)
Canton Bulldogs 1922 NFL Champions Don Batchelor | Arda Bowser | Bird Carroll | Guy Chamberlin | Doc Elliott | Tex Grigg | Russ Hathaway | Pete Henry | Jim Kendrick | Link Lyman | Johnny McQuade | Candy Miller | William Murrah | Duke Osborn | Harry Robb | Wooky Roberts | Norb Sacksteder | Ed Shaw | Lou Smyth | Dutch Speck | Tarzan Taylor | Ralph Waldsmith
Head Coach Guy ChamberlinCanton Bulldogs 1923 NFL Champions Bird Carroll | Guy Chamberlin | Rudy Comstock | Larry Conover | Doc Elliott | Tex Grigg | Dutch Hendrian | Pete Henry | Ben Jones | Link Lyman | Vern Mullen | Duke Osborn | Harry Robb | Wooky Roberts | Ben Roderick | Ben Shaw | Russ Smith | Lou Smyth | Dutch Speck | Joe Williams
Head Coach Guy ChamberlinCleveland Bulldogs 1924 NFL Champions Chalmers Ault | Scotty Bierce | Hal Burt | Guy Chamberlin | Rudy Comstock | Cap Edwards | Doc Elliott | Charlie Honaker | Ben Jones | Jerry Jones | Link Lyman | Stanley Muirhead | Dave Noble | Duke Osborn | Wooky Roberts | Olin Smith | Russ Smith | John Tanner | Dick Wolf | Joe Work | Hoge Workman
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