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Pete Elliott

Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (died 2013)

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Born
September 29, 1926
Died
January 4, 2013
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1926

About Pete Elliott

Peter R. Elliott was an American football player and coach. Elliott served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1956), the University of California, Berkeley (1957–1959), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1960–1966), and the University of Miami (1973–1974), compiling a career college football record of 56–72–11. From 1979 to 1996, Elliott served as executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Elliott was an All-American quarterback on the undefeated 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team that won a national championship. In 1956, he took the head football coaching job at Nebraska, lasting one year with a record of 4–6.

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Pete Elliott timeline

  1. Elliott was an All-American quarterback on the undefeated 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team that won a national championship.
  2. In 1956, he took the head football coaching job at Nebraska, lasting one year with a record of 4–6.
  3. Elliott served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1956), the University of California, Berkeley (1957–1959), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1960–1966), and the University of Miami (1973–1974), compiling a career college football record of 56–72–11.
  4. From 1979 to 1996, Elliott served as executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The world when Pete Elliott was born

Pete Elliott was born in 1926. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1926

  • #1 song"Bye Bye Blackbird"
  • Top movieThe General (Buster Keaton)
  • Best-selling bookThe Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGertrude Ederle swims the English Channel
  • Top headlineA.A. Milne publishes Winnie-the-Pooh
  • Technology milestoneFirst demonstration of television
  • Defining fadFlagpole sitting
  • Notable inventionPop-up toaster
  • World population2.01 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population117.4M

1926 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Pete Elliott's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19262026
Gas$0.23$3.45/gal
Average home$6,000$435,000
Average income$3,620$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population117.4M341 million

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