Hull City Heroes is a feature we will be running where we pay tribute to some of Hull City's star players, both past and present. First up is Stuart Elliott. Elliott apent 5 1/2 seasons at Hull and helped them to back to back promotions to The Championship. In total Elliott scored 65 goals in 193 appearances in the black and amber. Elliott scored 27 of these during the promotion season to The Championship which earned him the Golden Boot (albeit shared with fellow Hull legend Dean Windass!). This goal scoring feat was made even more amazing by the fact that Elliott missed 6 weeks of that season through injury. He found himself in and out of the team the following season but still managed to finish as Hull's top scorer with 7 goals. In 2006 it was revealed that he was suffering from a form of exercise induced asthma, which affects his ability to perform for the full ninety minutes. He was used as an impact player that season but still managed to score some important goals including an amazing brace against QPR in the dying minutes to give Hull a 2-1 victory. Elliott left Hull in January 2008 and currently is on the books of Hamilton Academical. Although Elliott never got to play for Hull in the Premier League they certainly wouldn't have managed it at all if he hadn't helped them get within touching distance. Here is a clip of Elliott in action with thanks going out to BoothferryLegend35 for the vid:
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