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'''Milton Francois D'Eliscu''' (November 10, 1895 – October 15, 1972) was an American military officer, [[American football|football]] and [[basketball]] coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at [[Temple University]] from 1922 to 1923, compiling a record of 1–9–1. D'Eliscu was also the head basketball coach at Temple from 1919 to 1923, tallying a mark of 30–22. D'Eliscu was the [[athletic director]] at the [[University of Hawaii at Manoa]] from 1946 to 1947. he was an alumnus of [[Swarthmore College]].
During [[World War I]], D'Eliscu was stationed as an athletic director and instructor, also teaching [[bayonet]] fight. He taught [[World War II combatives|combatives]] during [[World War II]], instructing groups of [[Serviceman|servicemen]] including [[United States Army Rangers|Army Rangers]] in [[wrestling]], [[judo]], [[boxing]], and [[street fighting]] techniques.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kiger |first=Patrick J. |date=2020-09-08 |title=Killer Instinct: How One Man Taught U.S. Rangers to Fight Dirty in WWII |url=https://www.historynet.com/killer-instinct-how-one-man-taught-u-s-rangers-to-fight-dirty-in-wwii/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=HistoryNet |language=en-US}}</ref>
His younger brother was [[lyricist]] and [[Playwright|writer]] [[Edward Eliscu]].<ref name=":0" />
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