[2] Elliott was signed by Forest in October 1942 and remained with them until August 1949, making ten appearances in the Football League Second Division.
[3] He then dropped down to non-League football, joining Boston United of the Midland League[4] from where, in October 1949, he was signed by Southampton's recently-appointed manager, Sid Cann, together with his team-mate Tom Lowder.
[7] Elliott played at left-half in a 4–0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur; despite the result, he retained his place in the team for the next match, before returning to the reserves.
[10] In 1952–53, Elliott only missed one match in a defence that conceded 85 goals, with the team being relegated to the Third Division South for the first time in over 30 years.
He ran an off-licence business in Waterloo Road in Freemantle until the 1990s and continued to play golf at Stoneham into his 90s.