Dr. Glenn McElroy
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- Year Inducted:
- 1995
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- Sport(s):
- Athletic Training
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- Inductee Category:
- Contributor
A lifelong Central Missourian, Dr. McElroy profoundly impacted the lives of countless area residents and especially made significant contributions in the area of sports medicine, as he attended to the needs of student-athletes at numerous universities throughout the state of Missouri.
McElroy was a 1940 graduate of Central Methodist College, going on to earn a graduate degree from Washington University in 1943. Upon graduating, he served with the Army Medical Corps from 1946-48 and completed his residency before launching his orthopaedic practice in Columbia in 1951.
He was the co-founder of the Columbia Orthopedic Group and one of the founders of Columbia Regional Hospital.
McElroy was a charter member of the Missouri Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame. In addition to being inducted into the Hairston Hall of Fame, he has also been inducted into the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame and the MU Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. McElroy was named "Doctor of the Year' by the Boone County Medical Association in 1989, and in 1993 received the NATA President's Challenge Award.
