GALLERY_elliott

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Pete posed with Hall of Famers George McAfee and Lou Groza along with Arnold Schwarzenegger during a 1991 event.

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Elliott at the groundbreaking for massive expansion project in 1994.

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Hall of Famer Gale Sayers chats with Pete at a Hall of Fame event.

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Pete poses at the Pro Bowl with former Board chairman Stu Wilkins (center) and John Bankert, a longtime Hall of Fame employee who followed Elliott as the Hall of Fame's director.

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Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus chose Pete, his college coach at Illinois, as his presenter in 1979.

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Pete was the longest tenured director in the Hall of Fame's history.

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Elliott was named the Pro Football Hall of Fame's third director in 1979. He served in that role until his retirement in 1996.

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Pete and Joan Elliott were married for 58 years.

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Pete served as a running back coach for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1978.

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Pete earned four letters for basketball at the University of Michigan.

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Elliott was the quarterback of the Wolverines powerhouse teams of the late 1940s. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.

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Hall of Fame staff pose with Pete after he announced his retirement as director.