Background
He was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
He was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
He averaged 9.9 points and 3.5 assists in his career and ranked tenth overall in total assists (453) during the 1978-1979 National Basketball Association season.
A 6"3" guard from Central Michigan University, McElroy played in the National Basketball Association from 1975 to 1982 as a member of the New Orleans Jazz, Detroit Pistons, and Atlanta Hawks.