| 词条 | Elijah Pitts |
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|HOF= |CollegeHOF= }}Elijah Eugene Pitts (February 3, 1938 – July 10, 1998) was an American football player, a halfback in the National Football League for eleven seasons, ten with the Green Bay Packers.[1][2] Late in his career, he briefly played for the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints. Pitts was an assistant coach in the league for over two decades, most notably as the assistant head coach of the Buffalo Bills.[3] Early yearsBorn in Mayflower, Arkansas, Pitts' father was a sharecropper.[1] He played high school football at segregated Pine Street High School in Conway, and also in the marching band at halftime.[4] Pitts had offers from Big Ten programs and notable black colleges, but chose to stay close to home and played college football at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, where his older brother and former coach were.[4] His cousin, Eugene Pitt, was the leader of The Jive Five[5] Playing careerPitts was selected by the Packers in the thirteenth round of the 1961 NFL draft, 180th overall.[3] He turned down a higher offer from the Boston Patriots of the AFL to play for a better team in the more established league.[4] A reserve for much of his early career behind hall of famer Paul Hornung,[6] he saw his most action for the Packers in 1966,[7][8] and scored two touchdowns in the first Super Bowl.[9][10][11] In January 1970, after Lombardi's departure from the team, Pitts, Lee Roy Caffey, and Bob Hyland were traded to the Chicago Bears for the second overall pick in the 1970 NFL draft.[12][13] At age 32, he was cut by the Bears and played for the Rams and Saints in 1970,[14][15][16] then returned to Green Bay for a final season in 1971 with first-year head coach Dan Devine.[17] Pitts was a member of all five NFL championship teams under head coach Vince Lombardi, including wins in the first two Super Bowls. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1979. Coaching careerAfter his playing career ended, Pitts was a scout for two seasons in Green Bay under Devine.[17] He became an assistant coach for the Rams under head coach Chuck Knox in 1974, filling a running backs vacancy left by Dick Vermeil's departure to UCLA.[16] Pitts went with Knox to the Buffalo Bills in 1978, then left for the Houston Oilers in 1981, on first-year head coach Ed Biles' staff,[18] coaching hall of fame back Earl Campbell. After Biles was fired in 1983, Pitts spent a season in Canada with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1984 with head coach Al Bruno.[19][20] Pitts returned to the Bills in 1985 under head coach Kay Stephenson and was retained by new coaches Hank Bullough and Marv Levy in 1986. He became assistant head coach in 1992, coached in all four of the Bills' Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s, and substituted as head coach for Levy for three games in the 1995 season.[2] DeathIn October 1997, Pitts was diagnosed with stomach cancer while he was still the Bills' assistant head coach. The disease claimed his life nine months later; he was 60 years old. Pitts was survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.[2][21] Pitts' elder son Ron (b. 1962) was an NFL defensive back in the late 1980s with the Bills and Packers,[22] and is currently a sportscaster for CBS Sports Network. See also
References1. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/11/sports/elijah-pitts-60-star-back-for-storied-packers.html |newspaper=New York Times |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |title=Elijah Pitts, 60, star back for storied Packers |date=July 11, 1998 |accessdate=February 23, 2016}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3QxbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sk4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1065%2C3020923 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |location=Maine |agency=Associated Press |title=Bills coach Elijah Pitts dies battling cancer |date=July 11, 1998 |page=C6 }} 3. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/pitts-a-versatile-player-ti7a3mj-175712011.html |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |last=Hendricks |first=Martin |title=Elijah Pitts a versatile player |date=October 24, 2014 |accessdate=February 23, 2016}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=http://www.bestofarkansassports.com/2016/02/|publisher=Best of Arkansas Sports |agency=(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)|last=Bailey |first=Jim |title=Elijah Pitts: from Conway’s “Pine Street Pony” to Super Bowl pioneer |date=February 11, 2016 |access-date=February 23, 2016}} 5. ^Musicguy247, "Eugene Pitts," Robert von Bernewitz (interviewer) 6. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O84VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jxEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5982%2C1620740|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |last=Lea |first=Bud |title=Pitts ready to step in |date=September 9, 1965 |page=3, part 2 }} 7. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dQ8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uMcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2022%2C5192759 |newspaper=Florence Times |location=Alabama |last=Couch |first=Dick |agency=Associated Press |title=Elijah Pitts goes great |date=October 31, 1966 |page=10 }} 8. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UxsqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4CcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5062%2C3354275 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Johnson |first=Chuck |title=Packers' Pitts speaks softly but carries a big statistic |date=November 15, 1966 |page=16, part 2 }} 9. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FnMxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DxEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7100%2C3386780 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |last=Lea |first=Bud |title=Packers 'Super' in routing Chiefs |date=January 16, 1967 |page=1, part 2}} 10. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dd4jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3icEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1944%2C3508860 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Johnson |first=Chuck |title=Packer old pros win in Super Bowl|date=January 16, 1967 |page=15, part 2}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-packers-wre0025662102-19670115-photo.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |agency=(color photo)|title=Jerry Kramer blocks for Elijah Pitts |date=January 15, 1967 |accessdate=February 23, 2016}} 12. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fQMkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xxAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7130%2C4758009 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |last=Lea |first=Bud |title=Packers get Bears' no. 1 pick |date=January 22, 1970|page=1, part 2}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/01/22/page/98/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Pierson |first=Don |title=Bears deal 2 - Mayes, No. 1 draft pick |date=January 22, 1970 |page=1, part 3}} 14. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ekkoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VigEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7255%2C2180556 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=UPI |title=Pitts activated by Los Angeles |date=September 26, 1970 |page=16 }} 15. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ph8qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eCgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4806%2C2329986 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Pitts is waived |date=December 5, 1970|page=19 }} 16. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UAQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6CgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7216%2C1609618 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=press dispatches |title=Pitts named coach of backs by Rams |date=February 14, 1974 |page=21, part 2}} 17. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IXdQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IhEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7025%2C6021836 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |title=Pitts will scout for Packers |date=December 29, 1971 |page=2, part 2 }} 18. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CtEmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ygIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3838%2C251802 |newspaper=Baltimore Afro-American |title=Oilers welcome Pitts as aide |date=February 10, 1981 |page=11 }} 19. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ddEyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Pu8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1309%2C3519899 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |location=Canada |agency=UPC |title=Former Packer joins Hamilton |date=February 28, 1984 |page=14 }} 20. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KYsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=amkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2191%2C4960965 |newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Bills hire Elijah Pitts |date=February 20, 1985 |page=3C }} 21. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rd1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6772%2C2726005 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard, |location=Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=Former Packers star, Bills coach dies |date=July 11, 1998 |page=6D}} 22. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-JtRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uRIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2063%2C4566851 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Sauerberg |first=George |title=Elijah Pitts' son signs with Pack |date=September 16, 1988 |page=1, part 2 }} External links{{Portal|Biography}}
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