Doc Elliott

American football player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football player
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAmerican football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth6 April 1900, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, U.S.A.
Death11 January 1976Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, U.S.A. (aged 75 years)
The details

Biography

Wallace 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 newspaper'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.”

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