Bump Elliott

Born: Jan 30, 1925, in Detroit, Michigan
Died: Dec 7, 2019
Served: United States Marine Corps

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Bump Elliott played running back at Purdue (1943–⁠44) and Michigan (1946–⁠47). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 1943 and 1947; National champions, 1947 (Michigan)

All-America: AFCA 1947; AP second team 1947; UP second team 1947; INS third team 1947; NEA third team 1947; Central Press second team 1947; FWAA second team 1947

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

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