Pita Elisara Explained

Pita Elisara
Number:73
Position:Tackle / Guard
Birth Date:November 16, 1976
Birth Place:ʻIliʻili, American Samoa
Death Place:Del City, Oklahoma
High School:Tafuna (Tafuna, American Samoa)
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lbs:287
College:Indiana
Undraftedyear:2000
Pastteams:
Highlights:
  • All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (1998)

Pita Elisara (November 16, 1976 – October 16, 2018) was an American football offensive lineman.

A native of American Samoa, Elisara grew up playing rugby and football. After high school, he spent two years at Palomar College while living with some of his brothers, who were serving in the US Navy, in Oceanside, California.[1] In 1998, he transferred to Indiana University, where he became an All-Big Ten offensive lineman. He started all 11 games in 1999 for the Hoosiers.

Being not selected in the 2000 NFL draft, Elisara was signed onto the New York Giants off-season roster, but eventually cut. He was then selected in the 2001 XFL Draft by the short-lived San Francisco Demons. The following years he spent on several NFL teams' off-season roster, while being assigned to NFL Europe squads during the season.[2]

He died on October 16, 2018, in Del City, Oklahoma.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: American Football: Pita's a 300lb Thunder-bolt . Glasgow Sunday Mail . June 9, 2002 .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . www.nfleurope.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040626091705/http://www.nfleurope.com/players/playerpage/1296 . 26 June 2004 . dead.
  3. Web site: Pita Elisara Obituary - del City, OK.