| Ancil Elcock | |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Clubs1: | St. Augustine FC |
| Clubs2: | Malta Carib Alcons |
| Years3: | 1997–2001 |
| Clubs3: | Columbus Crew |
| Caps3: | 130 |
| Goals3: | 7 |
| Clubs4: | San Juan Jabloteh |
| Clubs5: | North East Stars |
| Clubs6: | Tobago United |
| Nationalyears1: | 1994–2004 |
| Nationalteam1: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Nationalcaps1: | 69 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Ancil Elcock (born 17 March 1969) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer.[1] He played for Major League Soccer team Columbus Crew between 1997 and 2001 (130 games and 7 goals), and for Tobago United. He got 69 caps for the Trinidad and Tobago national team between 1994 and 2004.[2] Ancil Elcock became infamous for fracturing Mexican forward Cuauhtémoc Blanco in a World Cup qualification match.[3]
Elcock is the older cousin of Stern John, whom he recruited to the Columbus Crew while tenured there.
On 8 October 2000, Trinidad and Tobago contested a World Cup qualification match against Mexico. The match was played in Mexico City at the Estadio Azteca and the referee was Carlos Batres Gonzalez. In the 72nd minute, Elcock slide-tackled Cuauhtémoc Blanco hitting him on the knee as he received the ball in the penalty area. Referee Gonzalez determined the tackle to be of excessive force and called for a penalty and ejected Elcock by showing him a direct red card, even though Elcock had previously received a yellow in the game. The penalty was taken and scored by Víctor Ruiz resulting in the final score of the game 7–0 in favor of Mexico.[4]