Elijah Pitts
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| Position: | Halfback | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 3, 1938 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Mayflower, Arkansas | ||||||||||||
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| Place of death: | Buffalo, New York | ||||||||||||
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| College: | Philander Smith | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1961 / Round: 13 / Pick: 180 | ||||||||||||
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Elijah Eugene Pitts (February 3, 1938 – July 10, 1998) was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the Los Angeles Rams, and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Pitts scored two touchdowns in Super Bowl I. 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, the 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, would also following his footsteps playing in the NFL in the 1980s, and is currently a sportscaster for CBS Sports.
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