Name John Elliott Positions Tackle AFC-NFCPro Bowl 1970 Jersey number 80 | AFL All-Star 1968, 1969 Died November 11, 2010 Common Draft 1967 / Round 7 | |
Born October 26, 1944Beaumont, Texas ( 1944-10-26 ) Honors 1× Second-team All-AFL (1968)American Football League Champion, 1968World Champion, 1968 season1× First-team All-AFL (1969)1x First-team All-Pro (1970)1× All-WFL (1974) 1967–19691970–19731974 AFL New York JetsNFL New York JetsWFL New York Stars Education University of Texas at Austin | ||
John Elliott (October 26, 1944 – November 11, 2010) was an American college and Professional Football defensive tackle. He played collegiately for the University of Texas, and in 1967 was drafted by the American Football League's New York Jets. As a rookie, he started for the Jets in their defeat of the Oakland Raiders in the 1968 AFL Championship Game, and then in the third AFL-NFL World Championship Game, helping them defeat the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in one of the AFL's greatest games. He played for the AFL's Jets through 1969, and then for the National Football League Jets from 1970 through 1973. Elliott played for the New York Stars of the World Football League in 1974. John Elliott died of cancer at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston on November 11, 2010.