Later Life
Elliott served as athletic director at Miami from 1973 to 1978. In March 1978, Elliott rejoined his former boss, Bud Wilkinson, as an assistant with the NFL St. Louis Cardinals. Elliott served as Executive Director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame from 1979–1995 and was serving on its Board of Trustees. Elliott was also a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and was selected as a Significant Sig.
He died in Canton, Ohio of congestive heart failure in 2013, at the age of 86.
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