Lenvil Elliott was a professional American football player who played running back for nine seasons in the National Football League. He was a part of the San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XVI winning team. Elliot was born in Lexington, Missouri to Lenvil Nelson and Helen Constance Elliott. He grew up in Richmond, Missouri and was a 1969 graduate of Richmond High School. He was drafted in 1973 while attending Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Elliott was drafted in the 10th Round of the 1973 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played running back for the Bengals... from 1973 to 1979, then was traded to the San Francisco 49ers, for whom he played from 1979 to 1981. In the final game of his nine-year NFL career, he played a key role in the 49ers' NFC Championship Game victory over the Dallas Cowboys on January 10, 1982 at Candlestick Park. Elliott carried four times for 31 yards on the 49ers' 89-yard final drive, culminating in "The Catch", Dwight Clark's famous 6-yard touchdown reception from Joe Montana with only fifty-one seconds left in the game.
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