Elijah Pitts

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 Rams
New Orleans Saints
Green Bay Packers
DatabaseFootball=PITTSELI01
PFR=

Elijah Eugene Pitts (February 3 1938 - July 1998) was an American football running back in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, and the New Orleans Saints.

Pitts scored two touchdowns in the original Super Bowl. He was inducted into the Green 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 the Buffalo Bills, coaching in all four of the Bills' Super Bowl appearances in the early 90s. Pitts occasionally substituted as head coach for Marv 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 the Fox television network.

External links

* [http://www2.jsonline.com/packer/sbxxxiii/news/pitts71098.stm Elijah dies]


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