William McElligott

William "Red" McElligott


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Died:
 
      

Career
1935-36 St. Viator College (College)
1936-37 St. Viator College (College)
1937-38 St. Viator College (College)
1938-39 Hammond Ciesar All-Americans (NBL)


Originally listed in many places as Robert McElliott, I found through old newspaper reports and St Viator newletters and yearbooks that the player at St Viator from 1936-1938 was William "Red" McElligott. So who is this Robert McElliott (1915-1975) and why was he given credit for the basketball player? May never know, but I am certain the man who played for Hammond was Red McElligott.

I found a William P. McElligot  who died in Chicago in 1997. A good possibility.
http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/136619385/William-P-McElligott

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSLY-Z23

There's also William I. McElligot, who lived in Lake County (hammond)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9M-QTXB

Or (although this makes him quite old for college)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3ST-P3Y

His name appears as "McElligot" in the Feb 20, 1939 Oshkosh Daily Northwestern

Source:
Vidette Messenger, January 8, 1936

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/m/mcellro01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=mcellbo01