George Elliott (Australian rules footballer)

George Stephenson Elliott MC (1 June 1885 – 25 September 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He married Alice Evelyn "Lyn" Walker on 30 October 1915;[5] and they had a daughter, Jacquelyn Edmee (1916–1963), who later married John Edwin Fellows (1919–1995).

[6][7] He was educated at Ballarat College and the University of Melbourne, and took a leading part in sport with both Ormond College and the university.

[8] A defender, Elliott played one game for Fitzroy in 1905 before becoming a member of the inaugural University side when they joined the league in 1908.

[9] Elliott was killed in World War I at the Menin Road Ridge, having previously been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry.