.png) Elliott atMichigan Stadium on November 5, 1960 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1926-09-29)September 29, 1926 Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 2013(2013-01-04) (aged 86) Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1945–1948 | Michigan |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1949–1950 | Oregon State (ends) |
| 1951–1955 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
| 1956 | Nebraska |
| 1957–1959 | California |
| 1960–1966 | Illinois |
| 1973–1974 | Miami (FL) |
| 1978 | St. Louis Cardinals (assistant) |
| Golf | |
| 1953–1954 | Oklahoma |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1974–1978 | Miami (FL) |
| 1979–1995 | Pro Football Hall of Fame (exec. dir.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 56–72–1 |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| As coach: As player: | |
| Awards | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1994 (profile) | |
Peter R. Elliott (September 29, 1926 – January 4, 2013) was anAmerican football player and coach. Elliott served as the head football coach at theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln (1956), theUniversity of California, Berkeley (1957–1959), theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1960–1966), and theUniversity of Miami (1973–1974), compiling a careercollege football record of 56–72–11. From 1979 to 1996, Elliott served as executive director of thePro Football Hall of Fame.
Elliott was an All-Americanquarterback on the undefeated1948 Michigan Wolverines football team that won anational championship. He was also a standoutbasketball player who was first-team All-Big Ten Conference in 1948 and second-team All-Big Ten in 1949 as well as teamMVP in 1948.[1] The 1948 team finished third in the eastern region of theNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.[1] Elliott is the only Michigan athlete to have earned 12 letters in varsity sports: football, basketball, andgolf.
At Michigan, Elliott played football with his brotherBump, who also became a well known college coach.
After college, Elliot served as an assistant football coach atOregon State University from 1949 to 1950 and theUniversity of Oklahoma from 1951 to 1955. He was the golf coach at Oklahoma.[2] In 1956, he took the head football coaching job at Nebraska, lasting one year with a record of 4–6. The next year, he took over at California, where he remained until 1959 with a compiled record of 10–21. In 1958, he led theGolden Bears to anAAWU title and an appearance in theRose Bowl, where they lost toIowa.
In 1960, Elliott succeededRay Eliot at Illinois and was at the school until 1966. With the Illini, his record was 31–34–1, earning a Big Ten title andRose Bowl victory over Washington during the 1963 season. He, along withbasketball coachesHarry Combes andHowie Braun, was pressured into resigning on March 19, 1967, by the university which was threatened with expulsion by theBig Ten Conference over aslush fund scandal.[3] In 1973, he became head coach at Miami, where he remained for two years and compiled an 11–11 record.
Elliott served as athletic director at Miami from 1973 to 1978. In March 1978, Elliott rejoined his former boss,Bud Wilkinson, as an assistant with the NFLSt. Louis Cardinals. Elliott served as executive director of thePro Football Hall of Fame from 1979 to 1996 and was serving on its board of trustees. Elliott was also a member of theSigma Chi fraternity and was selected as a Significant Sig.
Elliott died at the age of 86 of congestive heart failure on January 4, 2013, inCanton, Ohio.[4]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Cornhuskers(Big Seven Conference)(1956) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Nebraska | 4–6 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| Nebraska: | 4–6 | 3–3 | |||||||
| California Golden Bears(Pacific Coast Conference)(1957–1958) | |||||||||
| 1957 | California | 1–9 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
| 1958 | California | 7–4 | 6–1 | 1st | LRose | 16 | 16 | ||
| California Golden Bears(Athletic Association of Western Universities)(1959) | |||||||||
| 1959 | California | 2–8 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| California: | 10–21 | 8–10 | |||||||
| Illinois Fighting Illini(Big Ten Conference)(1961–1966) | |||||||||
| 1960 | Illinois | 5–4 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1961 | Illinois | 0–9 | 0–7 | 10th | |||||
| 1962 | Illinois | 2–7 | 2–5 | 8th | 18 | ||||
| 1963 | Illinois | 8–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 1st | WRose | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1964 | Illinois | 6–3 | 4–3 | T–4th | 16 | ||||
| 1965 | Illinois | 6–4 | 4–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1966 | Illinois | 4–6 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| Illinois: | 31–34–1 | 22–26–1 | |||||||
| Miami Hurricanes(NCAA Division I independent)(1973–1974) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Miami | 5–6 | |||||||
| 1974 | Miami | 6–5 | |||||||
| Miami: | 11–11 | ||||||||
| Total: | 56–72–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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