John Elliott (defensive lineman)

John Elliott
No. 80
Position:	1967 / Round: 7 / Pick: 71
Career history
	New York Jets (1967–1973); 1974);
Career highlights and awards
	Super Bowl champion (III); AFL champion (1968); First-team All-AFL (1969); Second-team All-AFL (1968); 2× AFL All-Star (1968, 1969); First-team All-Pro (1970); Pro Bowl (1970); All-WFL (1974);
Career NFL statistics
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Darrell John Elliott (October 26, 1944 – November 11, 2010) was an American professional

New York Stars of the World Football League

, earning All-WFL honors once.

Early life

Elliott was born in Beaumont, Texas and played high school football at nearby Warren High School.

College Football

He played

University of Texas where he was second-team All-SWC as a junior, even playing with an injury, but missed six games with a knee injury as a senior. He also played his sophomore season with an injured shoulder and broke his leg in the Orange Bowl against future teammate Joe Namath and the Crimson Tide^[1]

Professional Football

In 1967 was drafted in the 7th round by the American Football League's New York Jets. He was mostly a back-up and special teams player in his rookie year.^[1] In his second season, 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 was 2nd team All-Pro that year.^[2]

He played for the AFL's Jets through 1969, earning first team All-Pro honors that year, and then for the National Football League Jets from 1970 through 1973. He was a Pro-Bowler three years in a row from 1968 to 1970 and was second-team-team All-NFL in 1970 and the team's MVP.^[1] In 1971, he suffered a knee injury that ended his season, and eventually his career. He came back in 1972, but over the next two seasons his production was down and he suffered further injuries.^[1]

Instead of returning to the Jets, Elliott sought a bigger paycheck with the

New York Stars of the World Football League in 1974. He made the All-WFL team, but the league folded after only 13 games and Elliott never got all the money he was promised.^[3]^[1]

Personal life

Following his football career, he served as a sheriff in Texas and later established an oilfield service company with his wife. John Elliott died of cancer at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston on November 11, 2010.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Turney, John. "John Elliott—Another AFLer Felled by a Knee Injury". Retrieved 12 May 2023.
^ "John Elliott". Retrieved 12 May 2023.
^ "Warren native Elliott recalls playing in Super Bowl III".

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[AFL-1] Turney, John. "John Elliott—Another AFLer Felled by a Knee Injury". Retrieved 12 May 2023.

[2] "John Elliott". Retrieved 12 May 2023.

[3] "Warren native Elliott recalls playing in Super Bowl III".

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v t e New York Jets Super Bowl III champions
11 Jim Turner 12 Joe Namath (MVP) 13 Don Maynard 15 Babe Parilli 22 Jim Hudson 23 Bill Rademacher 24 Johnny Sample 26 Jim Richards 29 Bake Turner 30 Mark Smolinski 31 Bill Mathis 32 Emerson Boozer 33 Curley Johnson 34 Lee White 35 Billy Joe 41 Matt Snell 42 Randy Beverly 43 John Dockery 45 Earl Christy 46 Bill Baird 47 Mike D'Amato 48 Cornell Gordon 50 Carl McAdams 51 Ralph Baker 52 John Schmitt 56 Paul Crane 60 Larry Grantham 61 Bob Talamini 62 Al Atkinson 63 John Neidert 66 Randy Rasmussen 67 Dave Herman 68 Michael Stromberg 70 Karl Henke 71 Sam Walton 72 Paul Rochester 74 Jeff Richardson 75 Winston Hill 80 John Elliott 81 Gerry Philbin 83 George Sauer 85 Steve Thompson 86 Verlon Biggs 87 Pete Lammons
Head coach: Weeb Ewbank
Coaches: Walt Michaels Clive Rush Buddy Ryan Joe Spencer

Early life

College Football

Professional Football

Personal life

See also

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