Elijah Pitts
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| Elijah Pitts | |
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| Date of birth: | February 3, 1938 |
| Place of birth: | Mayflower, Arkansas |
| Date of death: | July, 1998 |
| Place of death: | Buffalo, New York |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Running back |
| College: | Philander Smith |
| NFL Draft: | 1961 / Round: 13 / Pick 180 |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1961-1969 1970 1970 1971 |
Green Bay Packers Los Angeles Rams New Orleans Saints Green Bay Packers |
| Career highlights and Awards | |
| Honors: | Green Bay Packers HOF |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Elijah Eugene Pitts (February 3, 1938 - July 1998) was an American football running back in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, and the New Orleans Saints.
Pitts scored two touchdowns in the original Super Bowl. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1979.
After his playing career ended, Pitts was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Rams, Houston Oilers, and the Buffalo Bills, coaching in all four of the Bills' Super Bowl appearances in the early 90s. Pitts occasionally substituted as head coach for Marv Levy in the mid-1990s.
In October 1997, while still the Bills' assistant head coach, Pitts was diagnosed with stomach cancer, which claimed his life nine months later at the age of 60.
Pitts' son Ron Pitts is currently a sportscaster for the Fox television network.
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Categories: 1938 births | 1998 deaths | People from Arkansas | American football running backs | Green Bay Packers players | Los Angeles Rams players | New Orleans Saints players | Los Angeles Rams coaches | Houston Oilers coaches | Buffalo Bills coaches | Stomach cancer deaths | Running back, pre-1940 birth stubs
