[1] He was a taxi squad member of the 1965 NFL Champion Green Bay Packers in the year immediately preceding Super Bowl I.

In his later years, he was a frequent caller to sports radio station WFAN (AM) in New York City as "Eli from Westchester."

While with the Saints, he tried to organize several black players to take action against team management for better working conditions.

He had limited clout as a marginal player on an expansion football team and found himself out of the league by the end of the year.

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