[1] This record was made all the more remarkable by the fact that Pellerin hated flying and, whenever possible, drove or rode the train or bus to every game he attended.
In his private life, Pellerin married and became a successful executive with Pacific Telephone Company, completing his career in the 1960s as director of a computerized billing office in Orange, California with a staff of 450 female and 7 male employees.
USC embraced Pellerin and began including his story in their annual football media guide.
In 1995, Pellerin was enshrined in the USC Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the second class of inductees.
As he was being brought outside, he died of cardiac arrest in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl,[4] which was coincidentally the same location where he attended his first USC game.