TV I David James EIliott isn't just another man in uniform

Elliott tackles the tough role of former CFLer Terry Evanshen in an upcoming film

David James Elliott's amateur football career has been marred by injury. About 30 years ago, he broke his ribs on the high school field. last month, he hurt himself again-this time in the end­zone of Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium while filming The Man Who Lost Him­self. "All I had to do was dive across the goal line, but I hit my shoulder the wrong way and popped my collarbone out," says Elliott, who stars in the up­coming CTV film as Terry Evanshen, the former CFL receiver who suffered amnesia following a car crash in 1988.

"This game can be deadly."  The Toronto-born actor, best known to TV fans as "that guy in Jag," was always more of an artist than an athlete. In fact, Elliott briefly dropped out of high school to front a rock band. These days, his passion for triathlons proves he's a jock at heart. "My first time out, I almost drowned," says Elliott, 44, who's training for an Iron Man event this fall. "I didn't realize I couldn't swim until I got out there. So I'm in no danger of winning anything." Hurting himself, how­ ever, is another story.    JOHN INTINI