Bump Elliott

Chalmers William "Bump" Elliott (January 30, 1925 – December 7, 2019) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Bloomington, Illinois.

He played halfback at Purdue University (1943–1944) and the University of Michigan (1946–1947). Elliott spent ten years as an assistant football coach at Oregon State, Iowa, and Michigan.  He was appointed as Michigan's head football coach in 1959 and held that position until 1968.

From 1970 to 1991, he was the athletic director at the University of Iowa. In 1989, Elliott was added into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Elliott died on December 7, 2019 in Iowa City, Iowa at the age of 94.Former Michigan Football Coach Passed Away On Saturday

References

Other websites
 Profile at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History


Category:1925 births
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Category:American football running backs
Category:American football coaches
Category:American military personnel of World War II
Category:Sportspeople from Detroit
Category:Sportspeople from Illinois
Category:Sportspeople from Iowa
Category:People from Iowa City, Iowa
Category:People from Bloomington, Illinois