Doc Elliott

Doc Elliott
No. 21 ('22), 4 ('23), 8 ('24),
Position:	Fullback, Halfback
Personal information
Born:	April 6, 1900; Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
Died:	January 11, 1976 (aged 75); Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:	The Kiski School
College:	Lafayette
Career history
	Canton Bulldogs (1922–1923); Cleveland Bulldogs (1924–1925); Cleveland Panthers (1926); Philadelphia Quakers (1926); Cleveland Indians (1931);
Career highlights and awards
	3× NFL champion ('22,'23,'24); AFL champion ('26); 2× Canton Daily News: 1st team all-NFL ('22,'23); 2× GB Press-Gazette: 1st team all-NFL ('23,'24);
	Player stats at PFR

Wallace John "Doc" Elliott (April 6, 1900 - January 11, 1976) was an American football running back. He played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) 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.”

References

""Doc" Elliott Is Signed By Quaker Grid Team". The Philadelphia Record. November 23, 1926. Archived from the original on December 20, 2012.
PFRA. "Ditto 1923" (PDF). Pro Football Researchers Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Hogrogian, John (1984). "1924 All-Pros" (PDF). The Coffin Corner. 6 (4). Pro Football Researchers Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010.
Ongoing Research Project: Jersey Numbers
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:Cleveland Panthers

Notes

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Doc Elliott Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved May 26, 2022.