WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – College Football Hall of Famer and former Purdue football halfback, basketball guard and baseball shortstop/outfielder Chalmers "Bump" Elliott has passed away at the age of 94.
Elliott earned a pair of varsity letters in football at Purdue (1943-44), including playing for the undefeated 1943 squad that finished the season 9-0 and tied for the Big Ten championship.
On the hardwood, Elliott was a two-year letterwinner for the Boilermakers, playing under legendary coach Ward "Piggy" Lambert during the 1942-43 and 1943-44 seasons.
Elliott would go on to serve as the head football coach at Michigan from 1959 to 1968, after serving as an assistant coach with the Wolverines, Oregon State and Iowa.
He was Iowa's athletics director for 21 years before retiring in 1991.
Elliott earned a pair of varsity letters in football at Purdue (1943-44), including playing for the undefeated 1943 squad that finished the season 9-0 and tied for the Big Ten championship.
On the hardwood, Elliott was a two-year letterwinner for the Boilermakers, playing under legendary coach Ward "Piggy" Lambert during the 1942-43 and 1943-44 seasons.
Elliott would go on to serve as the head football coach at Michigan from 1959 to 1968, after serving as an assistant coach with the Wolverines, Oregon State and Iowa.
He was Iowa's athletics director for 21 years before retiring in 1991.